You've got a sisterly bond with your best girlfriends, but does your ladies' night gang have this kind of love going on?Twenty women in Marquette, Mich., have been breast-feeding little Charles Moses Goodrich since his mom passed away in January. Susan Goodrich died of a rare amniotic fluid embolism within 12 hours of giving birth to her baby boy.
Susan had always planned on breast-feeding her baby boy, and one of her friends knew it. She offered Susan's widower, Robbie, a gift of life -- she'd help feed the baby. Then she made some calls, rounding up a total of 20 nursing moms who had a little extra time and milk to spare. They're doing what's known as co-nursing -- and it's not that uncommon.
After all, if it's good for Salma Hayek, it can't be all bad, right? Except these women don't need publicity for a big movie.
So how does it get even more amazing? They're still at it nearly a year later, helping Robbie fulfill the American Academy of Pediatrics guidelines that kids be breast-fed for the first year of life.
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Monday 22 February
By Veronica
Well, I hope none of these ladies had communicable diseases such as HIV which can be passed on through breast milk. I also hope the father was able to keep an eye on what these ladies were eating, and other health habits, like smoking.... Frankly I am a supporter of breast feeding over formula, but alive or dead I don't see my kid latched to any other women's chest unless there is some sort of famine where no other form of milk or milk alternative available.
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