Friday, September 19, 2008

Mothers Milk

A friend sent this article today, Swiss Restaurant to Serve Meal Cooked with Human Breast Milk. Market price--women will receive just over 3 pounds per 14 ounces of breast milk. With current exchange rates, that $5.45 per 14 ounces of milk. Finally a solution for all those lactating mothers out there who are worried about the cost of a daily Starbucks latte. Texas Mommy, you are in the money ;-)

Pretty strange.

h/t Lauren

9 comments:

Anonymous said...

Red, you think it sounds strange, but that all depends on your perspective.

AWOL Mommy said...

hey, this might be a legitimate possibility for me! I am Germany, still lactating and always in need of more family income.. what else is required? ;)

Right Said Red said...

Mad Cow,

When is the last time you drank milk from your lactating mother? Do they feed you so poorly on the feed lot that adult cows breastfeed? I think not.
Bring it on.

Awol,

After much though, $5.45 per 14 oz is really a raw deal. It might pay for a Starbucks, but it won't make a dent in those student loans.

Right Said Red said...

I meant to say, after much thought, sorry about that!

texas mommy said...

Sign me up! After he met a homeschooling Dad at a potluck this weekend, Mr. Incredible and I were jestingly discussing career options for me that would bring in the dough and let him stay at home. I think I've found my niche. I just took 300 ounces to the milk bank. Cha-ching!

H. Lillian said...

Texas Mommy, maybe you can convince that homeschooling dad to start the men's edition of Building Cathedrals. My hubby could use the comraderie after a long afternoon of caring for our little firecracker!

Anonymous said...

I don't think we would want this to catch on. Instead there is a wonderful program that takes donations and the milk is used to feed preemies which could literally save their lives.
http://www.milkinmamas.com/

texas mommy said...

Anon, don't worry, we are just joking around! The milk bank I was talking about going to is where I donate at a local NICU that distributes nationally. I'm planning on doing a post about this on wednesday, because we've had so many questions in the comments and via email!

Erin said...

Tex;
I'm a new mom (SBG is 12 weeks) with a freezer FULL of milk! I pump during the day at work and get twice what he needs for the next day! we are running out of room in our freezer... where can i find out more about milkbanks?