Talk:Wet nurse
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I don't like the use of "suitable one" in the line "Furthermore, a wet nurse often completes the duties of the midwife, if a suitable one is not found." Perhaps it should simply read read "Some wet nurses are also trained to serve as a midwife during childbirth." Cafe Nervosa | talk 23:46, 1 December 2005 (UTC)
- Sounds good to me. Deco 02:24, 2 December 2005 (UTC)
- I wonder whether that may be missing the point. Wet nurses are predominantly in developing countries and in fact I expect mostly in the poorest and least developed at that. So I wonder whether many of them have actually trained as a midwife (although it depends what you mean by training I guess). It might be better to say able to serve. And maybe, if necessary since it appears to me that the original writer was indicating normal/proper midwives are preferred of wet nurses which is something your modification appears to be missing Nil Einne 04:40, 2 June 2006 (UTC)
I'd really like to see a source on this statement: "Through frequent stimulation of the areolae and nipples, a woman may begin lactating and, therefore, be able to nurse." I find it surprising. Thanks. Derrick Coetzee 01:02, 22 Oct 2004 (UTC)
- See Breastfeeding#Lactation without pregnancy. It surprised me too, I can't find any mention of it in any of my texts but one of my girlfriends once started lactating unexpectedly, she called Telehealth and the nurse said that they get a lot of calls about it, but it's normal. Matt 20:20, 3 Apr 2005 (UTC)
Hi, I changed the end of a sentence from 'insure an heir' to 'ensure an heir'. October the 25th, 2004. Cheers.
I'd also like to see a source on the statement about women getting pregnant and killing their babies soon after birth, just to become wet nurses. Sounds like a complete myth to me... any reliable sources? Especially in light of the further info that women don't need to be become pregnant in order to lactate. 11 Oct 2005.
21/10/05 - I changed "inoperative breasts" to "insufficient milk production". I did not think "inoperative breasts" provided sufficient information, and also felt that it was offensive (ie. the implication that women are somehow inoperative if they are unable to sucessfully breastfeed).
20/10/06 "Though it is not widely known in developed countries, a woman who has never been pregnant may produce milk. Through frequent stimulation of the areolae and nipples, a woman may begin lactating and, therefore, be able to nurse" Wow, I don't think this is true at all...so correct me if I'm wrong, but someone's been messing with this page oO.
[edit] nursing older people
There are some wet nurses who nurse those who are no longer babies / toddlers. I don't know how old of an age this continues to, but I think some info about it should be added. --Kalmia 06:18, 5 July 2006 (UTC)
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What about a section that investigates how the term is applied outside of it's text book definition. ie: Washing DC "Wet Nurses" or other common uses of the phrase.
umm... i'm not sure how to change it, but the part about stalin's grand daughter or whoever and the wet nurse union is, i'm pretty sure, complete bull. very clever though. but someone might want to change that. i looked it up and couldn't find anything, so if it turns out to be true,at least cite it.
I spent some time reading and I could find nothing that supported any of the claims about the never-pregnant being able to breastfeed (other than the one linked above, and I'm not convinced) and the total garbage about Stalin's grand-daughter and "wet nurse pimps. Hilarious, yes, truthful, no way. You could have at least run spell-check on the fake union's name.Caligi 23:24, 18 March 2007 (UTC)
