Wet nurse - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
A wet nurse is a woman who breast-feeds a baby that is not her own. These children may be known as milk-siblings and in some cultures share a special relationship. When mothers nurse each other's ba...
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It was uncommon, from what I read, to not have a wet nurse if you were able to afford it. It was a status symbol. It was right then that wet nurses started going to live with the families rather than what had always been, which was to bring the baby to the wet nurse and to leave it there until it was weaned.
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How is someone able to become a wet nurse? not how to advertise or start, but how can a woman start breastfeeding if she does not have her own baby? luckyguy...
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Dear Beeker, A wet nurse is a woman who breastfeeds someone else's baby. This was commonly done in the old days before formula was available, if something happened to the mother or sometimes if the mother didn't want to nurse her own baby.
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Shakespeare's Juliet had a wet nurse until she was three years old. King Tut even had a Wet Nurse and she was buried by him. Although wet nursing is still practiced today (see below), it is not as acceptible as it once was. ... A Wet Nurse For *King Tut* Site includes postings in response to the article. The Baby Net;
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A wet nurse was a women who would nurse a baby after its birth. To be able to apply for this job, it would have to been a woman of young age, who had had a baby before, so that they had milk. A wet nurse would be hired for various reasons.
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I had no idea that the practice of using a wet nurse was experiencing a resurgence until I watched a segment on the Today Show last week in which they discussed a rise in the use of wet nurses. ... The cost of hiring a wet nurse to breast feed your baby can start as high as $1000 per week and goes up from there.
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www.letstalkbabies.com/index.php/2007/04/30/the-resurgence-of-the-wet-nurse/
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She was contacted through her local breast-feeding support network, who were seeking a mother to wet nurse the baby girl because she had refused to take formula milk from a bottle, and her mother was desperate for her to be fed, even if that meant breast milk from another woman.
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www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-480407/The-return-we...
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Poor women, especially those who suffered the stigma of giving birth to an illegitimate child, sometimes had to give their baby up, temporarily or permanently, and a wet nurse would look after it.
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