Via transcript from memory of The Lactivist:

DR. PHIL: All right. Another topic that gets people talking, and this one just, I got to tell you, this kind of creeps me out, is the use of wet nurses popping up in social circles. Can’t breast-feed your baby? No problem. Call one of your friends who’s breast-feeding and see if they can do it!

Ok, I have to admit the first image that comes to mind here is Rebecca De Mornay starring as a vengeful nanny out to destroy a naive woman and steal her family in the 1992 thriller - The Hand That Rocks the Cradle.  Remember mom walking into the nursery to find the nanny breastfeeding the baby?

BUT – like I said, that’s the first thing that came to mind — now I’m interested in hearing what you all think about the whole “wet nurse” trend and women mixing in social circles doing the baby swapping during feeding time thing.

Anyone?

I do think Dr. Phil brought up a very valid point that should be considered though — what happens when that kid grows up, finds out they were loaned out or played a game of nipple swap with their mothers friend or a neighbor?  Do mothers consider what impact that could possibly have on their child?

Just curious is all.  I’m honestly not quite sure what to think about this topic yet and I’m trying to reserve opinion until I have a more solid basis to build it on.

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Dr. Phil on Wet Nurses