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Wow. No. Maybe for family if there was an emergency, but I do think it's weird.

Oh yeah, absolutely, as long as the Mama was comfortable with it.

I would never be okay with someone nursing my LO, I don't know why it just doesn't sit well with me. I wouldn't nurse a friends baby, but if my sister was like dying of exhaustion I *might* consider doing it for her.

Maybe it will change when I have the baby and am breastfeeding, but at this stage, I think it's a bit weird?

No, not for me. I would not want someone to nurse my baby either.

If it were my sister I think I'd be fine with it. Otherwise I'd be happy to pump/donate but not nurse.

everyone seems to think breast feeding is so amazing and natural for their own baby, so i don't see how it's not also natural for someone else's baby. i mean, the whole point of your boobs is to feed anyway.

i would do it for sure, and i wouldn't mind someone else nursing my baby (given i ask them to or give permission). i don't find it any different than someone else feeding my little one a bottle. milk is milk.

I would definitely pump and donate for them, but I don't know how I'd feel about nursing someone else's baby. BFing is just such an intimate thing for me that I think it would feel a little uncomfortable to nurse a baby that wasn't my own.

If someone was watching my LO while I was out and the baby was hungry, I think I'd be ok with it and vise versa. However, I could only do it if I asked permission first and I don't know if I'd get up the guts to ask! Somehow, it really feels like an overstep and yet I'm not sure why.

@Minnie_Girl: Agreed. A child has to eat!!

@Mrs. Superhero: I have a similar scenario!! Well... kinda. So my milk came in on day 3 - I was SO engorged that my son couldn't latch on because my breasts were huge and rock solid. It was frustrating and emotionally draining. My midwife didn't want me to pump because that would only serve to stimulate more milk production. My sister had a 6-month old son at the time, and she said, "Hey! Try nursing him, see if he can drain you a little!" Haha we laughed like it was a joke... but then we decided to try it.
But he was already 6 months and he looked at me like what the heck do you think you're doing, you are not my mother!! Haha we couldn't get him to latch on

So yes, I would nurse my sisters' babies. Not sure about anyone else?? Maybe a very close friend.

I have donated breastmilk to a friend in need though.

I'd do it if in a pinch but would feel more comfortable pumping and bottle-feeding. Kudos to you mommies who have no issues with breastfeeding someone else's child and vice versa - I think that's pretty awesome.

No and I wouldn't want someone else nursing my child either.

@Mrs. Superhero: At 4 weeks old, my LO smelled the breastmilk off my cousin and literally reached out to her. He preferred her over all the other people he 'met'. I was slightly offended that my baby would do that! But it made me realize that a newborn maybe doesn't care. A hungry baby needs to get fed.

As for actually doing it, I would feel super weird about it. Maybe less weird if it was a newborn?