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Yeah I do know alot of women who gave up out of convenience, which is so sad. I know its "gross" and taboo in western culture but the idea of a wet nursing community has always sounded logical in my head. Emotionallly, I don't know if I could do it. But logically, when you think of all the health benefits of having multiple contributors and all of their antibodies in the bm. Babies with moms who can't or wont bf could reap the benefits as well giving every child that advantage they deserve.
Like you said even a little bit is so helpful. I've used bm to treat pink eye and clogged dear ducts for my daughter. When my daughter was on bypass and they were giving her my colostrum in a tube, they would give it to her even if it was just a splash in the bottle, less than a pea sized amount.

My dad's mother couldn't breastfeed either of her children. She might have been able to if she had the help we had today with lactation consultants. She tried until she dried up with both of them, and she'd never even heard of a breast pump back then. So everyone on my dad's side of the family thinks I was trying to be a "martyr" for trying so hard to pump so that I could BF when she came home. They all think that formula must be just as good because my dad and aunt are alive and I'm selfish for insisting on BFing because it just "makes everyone uncomfortable". They all make me leave the room and shut a door behind me when I BF. It's like I'm being exiled. It's definitely frustrating. While everyone on my husbands side is expecting me to nurse till she is 3 or 4. So Ive got it from both sides. Immoral to bf a boy? "Sorry son, babies with penises can't have mothers milk. Don't you know its not civilized?" My goodness the things people let themselves believe! I'm so sorry Whitney that has got to be so frustrating for you.

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