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<p>Apparently, he went home to "look" for his mummy for... breastmilk. The teach er asked the mother why is she still breastfeeding him? "I tried to wean him, sc old him, and beat him to no avail" she replied.</p> <p>Next day, Teacher asked the boy to bring a glass of mummy's milk to school. H e poured the milk onto a shallow plate and place under the sun. "Stay here and w atch over the plate of milk" he instructed.</p> <p>To the boy's horror, the milk dried up into blood. "By drinking your mummy's milk, you are actually drinking off her blood" said Teacher.</p> <p>From then on, boy stopped breastfeeding....</p> -CE</blockquote> Then one of the members responded, comparing breastmilk to blood: <blockquote><p>Breastmilk is essentially white blood (blood is red because of ha emoglobin). It contains white blood cells and antibodies (IgA, IgM and a little IgG), along with all sorts of minerals and nutrients. Blood nourishes us, and br eastmilk nourishes our young. It is "alive" and not processed/extracted from som e alternative source. I do not find it horrifying. In fact, it speaks volumes ab t the benefits and importance of breastfeeding, and that NOTHING can ever replac e that. Just like nothing can replace the function blood performs for a human be ing. </p> -Ling </blockquote> This got many mummies excited. I also thought breastmilk is really similar to bl ood, until someone posted another article to clear the myth: <blockquote><p>OK, have to clarify this and set the record straight - breastmilk is not made from blood... but like blood, it is a body fluid. Urine is also a body fluid, so is saliva, sweat etc.</p> <p>Breastmilk largely comprises water, fatty acids, nutrients, anti-infective ag ents etc. Milk synthesis happens within the breast.</p> <p>Blood is an agent of transport - they transport oxygen, nutrients, waste etc to the relevant agencies/organs for the relevant process i.e. defecation, urinat ion, oxygenation, etc. It certainly does not 'make' breastmilk! And breastmilk i s certainly NOT blood w/o the haemoglobin - both are entirely different.</p> <p>I agree though, with the emotive similarity - both are life-sustaining fluids ! :)</p> -Pat </blockquote> <p>Well, I still don't know if milk contains white blood cells, but it is defini tely not blood, since it is "manufactured" in the breast. And saying breastmilk is from our is even more ridiculous and yucky!</p> </div> <div class="info"> Posted by <a href="user/view/2" title="View user profile.">hait</a> on <a href="http://huileng.seng.sg/archives/2004/12/06/breastmilk_and_blood.html" tit le="Breastmilk and Blood">2:48pm</a> :: <a href="http://huileng.seng.sg/comment/reply/149#comment" tit le="Share your thoughts and opinions related to this posting.">add new comment</
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