Comments on: Have You Ever Tasted Breast Milk? A Poll

By: Dawn

Dawn — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 19:08:39 +0000

Hubby found this poll on the internet when we were having a debate on whether women let hubby’s taste their breast milk. I am currently nursing a 6 week old and during lovemaking i leaked – i sprayed and he got a taste! he says its sweet and wants more and i say no! lol – i think i will let him

By: Leah

Leah — Sun, 06 Sep 2009 14:47:27 +0000

I can’t say my hubby has ever helped with the pumping process except by taking the bottles from me and putting them in the fridge! I don’t even like for my husband to watch my pump, so I’m not sure I could have him do it for me lol. Good for you Mike, that you and your wifey are comfortable doing that for your babes!

By: MIKE

MIKE — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 05:50:59 +0000

We have 2 kids and I tried my wifes milk once. It was ok, kinda bland. Off white color.

Now I assisted my wife by “milking” her by hand and pump,and collecting her milk for both our babies a t the time,,,16 and 11 yrs ago.

By: Ashley

Ashley — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 17:03:21 +0000

very interesting poll… actually I am 26 wks pregnant now and we discovered that my milk has already come in.. and i am leaking a few drops. So.. my husband had to taste and I said he was crazy and wont let him. Some gentle persuasion and I did let him taste it. He said it was salty-sweet and he liked it . This is colostrum and not yet milk. So we think Milk might taste different.

I thought this was so weird.. i dont know if any other couples have done this while pregnant.

By: Matt

Matt — Sat, 04 Apr 2009 19:17:54 +0000

I’m a father of an almost 1 year old who is still nursing. Since breast milk is one of those things that if it gets too cold, or too warm (sitting out too long) it will affect the composition slightly – thus affecting the taste.

Since my wife pumps, I have to make sure that that precious milk that I’m giving my child is “perfect.”

My first experience was after I took a bottle out of the freezer, and it had this yellowish tinge to it. Not being able to get in touch with the doctor or anyone else I knew, I had to taste it first, so not to give bad milk to my child. It was…… different.

SOOOOOOO to compare, I tried some that was just pumped. Whoa….. that’s all I can say…. Much different – frozen vs. fresh.

I can’t imagine drinking it on an everyday basis – or for more than a sip for that matter, but it had a very sweet taste – albeit not so sweet smell. Since breast milk isn’t processed, it has all the fat content still in there, which it was makes it quite interesting to us, but has an uncontrollable pull on your child!

So to answer, yes, I have tasted my wife’s breast milk, although it was weird to do so – to me, not my wife!

By: cory

cory — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 21:46:28 +0000

I am a father and my wife is nursing our 3rd child I have tasted breast milk and formula when caring for the kids when my wife was at work due to me working graveyard shift. I have to test the temp of the milk on my lips so the little ones do not get burned and the formula taste gross but real breast milk has a sugery maple like taste that after having 3 kids I have grown to actuall kinda like the sweet taste of real human milk a little bit. I do not understand why we think that drinking human milk is more gross then drinking milk from a cow an animal that is not even human with milk not intended for humans to consume but for cows to drink.

By: Janice

Janice — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 19:08:31 +0000

I have never had the pleasure of tasteing breast milk and would love to. I often think of inducing lactation. I am in my 60’s and my desire keeps getting stronger to enjoy both receiving and giving. What a wonderful thing to share.

By: Adam

Adam — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 23:10:23 +0000

What could be more natural?
Or more un natural than humans drinking animal milk.
Breastfeeding is a great gift and medical research is still finding more benefits from it.

By: crystal

crystal — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 16:52:33 +0000

My baby absolutely would not take formula so I tasted my milk to see what the difference was. Mine is very sweet so I could see why baby does not like formula – I’m not even trying the formula in a bottle anymore! I got on this site to see if it is normal that my milk is so sweet – glad to see it is!

By: Sarah

Sarah — Thu, 01 Jan 2009 23:57:18 +0000

I had to taste mine at the Heathrow airport in order to get it on the plane. I agree- it’s very sweet!