milk and baby's sex (was Re: Milk was another weird fasting poop

[Guest guest]

Hello all:

I'm popping in to say that once I read (but as often is the case

don't remember where) that breastmilk was also produced to match the

sex of the baby. Or maybe it contained certain hormones that were

specific to one sex or the other. I found this to be fascinating, and

one more reason to breastfeed our babies. However, the problem with

this is: what happens if a woman has twins of different genders? And

would that pattern be typical of humans only? For other mammals

(dogs, cats) often have litter comprising both sexes.

Does anyone know anything about this connection between milk and

baby's sex? Maybe it's only propaganda?

JC

--- In , Deanna Wagner <hl@s...>

wrote:

> Suzanne,

>

> Bravo!

>

> >WRT the fat content, that's where the foremilk/hindmilk dance

comes into

> >play. From almost a decade of continuous personal experience in

> >lactating, I can assure you that foremilk looks very thin and is

very

> >sugary--which is why too much causes intestinal distress, as I

mentioned

> >in a previous post. Hindmilk can have the consistency of cream,

> >especially when the infant is younger. As the child ages, the

> >consistency and make up of the milk changes to meet the changing

> >metabolic needs of the nursling. The nutritional constituency

actually

> >condenses to compensate for the fact that a toddler nurses less

> >frequently than an infant. No amount of organic raw cow's milk

can

> >match that. There is science now that indicates that there are

> >receptors in the nipple that detect the presence of infectious

bacteria

> >in the baby's mouth, like a cold, and in the intervening time

between

> >nursing sessions, the mother's body will begin producing

antibodies to

> >deliver to the nursling at the next feeding. Scraped raw liver

blended

> >into even the most gourmet goat's milk isn't going to begin to

approach

> >that capacity.

> >

> This is just fascinating! Thank you so much for all of this

> information. And I can't help but wonder why we don't have any

files on

> the importance of good infant nutrition in the NN files section

<hint,

> hint>. So many young parents come on board, and I just can't help

but

> think that this information should be readily available for easy

> reference. I personally don't need it anymore, but an anxious mom

> trying to learn the nursing two-step with her newborn child needs

all

> the support and encouragement to breastfeed that she can get. I

think

> anything less than teaching good nutrition for lactation is not

sound,

> especially after reading these convincing arguments you've made.

>

> It just goes to show you that nature knows best, and that the

> traditional way holds great promise for us, even though we can't

always

> explain completely why that is. The scientific community

(especially in

> the 50s and 60s) did much harm by thinking we improve on nature.

Time

> to swing back.

>

>

> Deanna

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

José- s Barbosa wrote:

>

>Does anyone know anything about this connection between milk and

>baby's sex? Maybe it's only propaganda?

>

>JC

>

>

>

>

Sorry, ....that's a first for me--never heard of it.

--s