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Not googling wrongly at all. Just missing that the proteins that the mother ingests make their way into the breast milk. Therefore, when my wife ate dairy/soy
by russnewcomer 11y ago
Not googling wrongly at all. Just missing that the proteins that the mother ingests make their way into the breast milk. Therefore, when my wife ate dairy/soy then pumped and bagged the milk, it is no longer usable for our son since it has the proteins from her consumption in it.
- pavel_lishin 11y agoOh, wow - so if she wants to breastfeed, she basically has to avoid soy and dairy? New dumb startup idea: match women like your wife with women who are lactose/soy intolerant (but whose babies aren't), and do a milk swap!
- russnewcomer 11y agoYeah. It's really kind of torturous to try to plan meals (no cheese, and the amount of packaged food we can eat goes waaaaay down), or figure out what she could possibly eat when we go out (especially if we are somewhere longer than planned and need to eat before getting home, that's terrible.). There are informal milk swaps, but part of the deal is that the way the biology works, it's better for the baby to have their own mother's milk ( if you're giving another mother's milk, it's statistically not much different than formula [to anyone reading, I know this is a controversial statement simplifying a complex issue]).