Mom Posts Her Breast Milk’s Side-By-Side Pic And It Goes Viral For The Most Beautiful Reason
Around Valentine’s day, mom Mallory Smothers noticed that her baby seemed to be fighting a cold. The Arkansas mom pumped some breast milk in the evening, and again early the next morning, only to find that the milk looked very different.
“This is just cuckoo awesome– I read an article from a medical journal not too long ago about how Mom’s milk changes to tailor baby’s needs in more ways than just caloric intake,” smothers posted to Facebook. “Mom’s body will actually change the milk’s immunological composition, tailoring it to the baby’s particular pathogens by producing customized antibodies”
Science backs this up. A 2013 Clinical and Translational Immunology study investigated breast milk and cells that protect the body from infections, and found that the infection fighting cell count went up dramatically when the nursing baby was suffering from an infection.
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When Mallory Smothers’ baby got sick, the mom was surprised to see that her breast milk had changed, too
She discovered that “mammary gland receptors interpret the “baby spit backwash” for bacteria and viruses and, if they detect something amiss…”
“A Mom’s body will actually change the milk’s immunological composition, tailoring it to the baby’s particular pathogens by producing customized antibodies”
A 2013 study found that the infection fighting cell count in breast milk went up dramatically when the nursing baby was suffering from an infection
Here’s her full explanation:
So yall.. This is just cuckoo awesome– I read an article from a medical journal not too long ago about how Mom’s milk changes to tailor baby’s needs in more ways than just caloric intake.. So this doctor discusses that when a baby nurses, it creates a vacuum in which the infant’s saliva sneaks into the mother’s nipple. There, it is believed that mammary gland receptors interpret the “baby spit backwash” for bacteria and viruses and, if they detect something amiss (i.e., the baby is sick or fighting off an infection), Mom’s body will actually change the milk’s immunological composition, tailoring it to the baby’s particular pathogens by producing customized antibodies. (Science backs this up. A 2013 Clinical and Translational Immunology study found that when a baby is ill, the numbers of leukocytes in its mother’s breast milk spike.) So I filed that away in the back of my mind until I was packing frozen milk into the big deep freeze today.
I pumped the milk on the left Thursday night before we laid down for bed. I nurse Baby every 2 hours or so overnight and don’t pump until we get up for the day. I noticed in the wee hours of Friday morning, 3 AM or so– she was congested, irritable, and sneezing ALOT. Probably a cold, right?
When we got up Friday morning, I pumped, just as we always do. What I pumped is on the right side of the photo.
I didn’t notice a difference until today, but look at how much more the milk I produced Friday resembles colostrum (The super milk full of antibodies and leukocytes you make during the first few days after birth) and this comes after nursing the baby with a cold all night long..
Pretty awesome huh?! The human body never ceases to amaze me.
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Share on FacebookDon't worry about the negative remarks. Yes. Everyone should breastfeed if it is possible. Only the mothers milk is perfectly tailored to the baby's needs. Formula doesn't contain all the good bacteria and antibodies that is good for the baby to help their immunity.
Load More Replies...That's cute God's amazing creation try science and evolution if u believe that brainwashed bs I'm sorry for u if there was a god why do so many religions spawn from one book and they fight and die believing the same thing and what about the other religions the Greek God's the natives and there beliefs u Catholic people are ridiculous god did nothing he's fantasy
Load More Replies...This is so cool! I cannot fathom why anyone would simply choose not to nurse. (and before you whine at me, Im not referring to women who have reasons not to, but some of y'all just think its gross or a bit inconvenient and..i have to question your commitment to your child at that point. Sorry not sorry
That is so freakin' cool! No matter how ticklish it feels, I'd definitely breastfeed someday if it means ensuring a strong immune system for baby!
No I am just asking a random question. Some people just don't understand it the first time they read the article. Don't act like you know
If it's so perfect why do pills not help my o.b.d. and there forcing me to get botox injections the human body is broken out of the gate cancers mental disorders disease. Yup were perfect that is so flawed what's it like to be perfect the world would love to know.
Load More Replies...Don't worry about the negative remarks. Yes. Everyone should breastfeed if it is possible. Only the mothers milk is perfectly tailored to the baby's needs. Formula doesn't contain all the good bacteria and antibodies that is good for the baby to help their immunity.
Load More Replies...That's cute God's amazing creation try science and evolution if u believe that brainwashed bs I'm sorry for u if there was a god why do so many religions spawn from one book and they fight and die believing the same thing and what about the other religions the Greek God's the natives and there beliefs u Catholic people are ridiculous god did nothing he's fantasy
Load More Replies...This is so cool! I cannot fathom why anyone would simply choose not to nurse. (and before you whine at me, Im not referring to women who have reasons not to, but some of y'all just think its gross or a bit inconvenient and..i have to question your commitment to your child at that point. Sorry not sorry
That is so freakin' cool! No matter how ticklish it feels, I'd definitely breastfeed someday if it means ensuring a strong immune system for baby!
No I am just asking a random question. Some people just don't understand it the first time they read the article. Don't act like you know
If it's so perfect why do pills not help my o.b.d. and there forcing me to get botox injections the human body is broken out of the gate cancers mental disorders disease. Yup were perfect that is so flawed what's it like to be perfect the world would love to know.
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