Human milk in community fridge?

[rgramjet]

What really matters is if the storer in question is hot....

Ill get my coat.

[Statler]

the ick factor is much stronger than logic and reason.

exactly.   Most twelve year olds react the same way the op does.  Then they develop reason.

Sorry... This is clearly a hot topic for me so I shall leave the thread.  We had to politely threaten g's hospital about pumping space.  Taken care of with a phonecall but I'm amazed how overly sanatized and scared people have become over the most natural of things.  

[il d00d]

The reasoning for that, is most likely, very politically motivated by breast milk feeding advocates.

Advocates such as human babies?

but the fact of the transferring of HIV is the same regardless of where you live.

You're kidding me.

it is no different then storing semen or blood in the office fridge.

You're extra kidding me.  


The timing of this thread is funny - yesterday my friend and I were attempting to answer the question: what is creepier?  Sex toys or baby gadgets?  May sound like a mismatch, but let me present my closing argument, the NoseFrida.

[Oldfisti]

If this is a full size fridge we're talking about I offer a simple comprimise:


Designate the bottom most crisper drawer for breast milk storage. It's physically segregated from the rest of the fridge and milk can't spill up.

[cyrus buelton]

Designate the bottom most crisper drawer for breast milk storage. It's physically segregated from the rest of the fridge and milk can't spill up.

again, I'd be fine with that, as I stated earlier.

exactly.   Most twelve year olds react the same way the op does.  Then they develop reason.

Yes, I am a 12 year old. Thanks for noticing. 

[Gator]

Apart from the ick factor, what could possibly make storing semen or blood in the office fridge a problem as long as they and the other contents are properly packaged?

Nothing at all if it doesn't come into contact with something you are going to eat.

But like most arguments on the internet common sense does not play a big role.
My gf had tubs of the stuff in our fridge/freezer, it never spilled or leaked.

I am not ani-storage by any means but he does have a right to object same as they could object to him storing pork by their milk if they were Kosher. Doesn't mean that the company will change policies regarding the fridge.

You're extra kidding me. 

The timing of this thread is funny - yesterday my friend and I were attempting to answer the question: what is creepier?  Sex toys or baby gadgets?  May sound like a mismatch, but let me present my closing argument, the NoseFrida.

I extra kid you not.

but you are right that is creepy.

[causeofkaos]

Yes, I am a 12 year old. Thanks for noticing. 

Wow you handled that rudeness way better than i would.

[Betty Rage]

I'll post here what I posted in the other thread:

Breastfeeding while infected with HIV is not advisable in developed countries as you risk infecting your child with it, so if there is breastmilk in the community fridge it's not going to be infected. In underdeveloped countries, yes, it is an issue but that's because they don't have alternative options like we do here. As for treating it as a bio-hazard, hospitals and the like HAVE to treat any bodily fluid as such. That doesn't mean breastmilk is in itself a hazard. There are countries like Mongolia that treat breastmilk like liquid gold and mama's frequently share it with other kids, their husbands, and frequently at work someone will check the community fridge and find half of their pumped milk gone. So really it's just a perception that human milk is gross or a hazard. If it was really such a health risk would we really be feeding it to our kids, or hell, even share breastmilk with babies who's mama's can't produce enough? (Which DOES happen here, frequently)

The issue of it being a biohazard shouldnt even be there. If that milk was contaminated with something that would make someone sick by somehow ingesting it, that particular person would not be giving it to their child and therefore wouldn't be pumping it and storing it in your fridge.

[Gator]

I think you are taking it personally.

He is not saying your milk is gross, or bad for your son.
I wouldn't care one way or the other if somebody put milk their milk in the fridge.

I think he does have a valid reason to voice concern, it is somebody else's bodily fluid.
Regardless if it provides nourishment to their child....

[herm]

more likely to get sick resulting from a coworkers month old clam chowder....

[NAKID]

Store your semen in the fridge next to their breast milk and tell them you save it for your wife...

[Betty Rage]

I think you are taking it personally.

He is not saying your milk is gross, or bad for your son.
I wouldn't care one way or the other if somebody put milk their milk in the fridge.

I think he does have a valid reason to voice concern, it is somebody else's bodily fluid.
Regardless if it provides nourishment to their child....

I'm not taking it personally, I'm an aspiring midwife and one of our biggest troubles is convincing women to breastfeed. Why? Because society considers it gross. The act is gross, the milk is gross, it's all gross and why should we subject ourselves and the others around us to it when we have formula? It's the mentality that frustrates me.

[cyrus buelton]

I'm not taking it personally, I'm an aspiring midwife and one of our biggest troubles is convincing women to breastfeed. Why? Because society considers it gross. The act is gross, the milk is gross, it's all gross and why should we subject ourselves and the others around us to it when we have formula? It's the mentality that frustrates me.

Why must you convince them?

If you don't want to breast feed, then buy formula. Seems to work well for a lot of people.

[ZLTFUL]

Urine...it is sterile.
In a pinch, if I absolutely needed to, I could drink it.

But frankly, someone stores it next to my leftover fettucini alfredo, we gonna have some mutha make the beast with two backsin' problems.

I feel similarly about breast milk. It isn't going to kill me most likely but I stilldon't want it stored next to my food.

Personal feelings and may not accurately represent the OPINIONS of others.

[Betty Rage]

That could start a whole other debate on this thread.

Formula is not as good as breastmilk and does not nourish the baby in the same way. I don't want to go into it further for risk of offending people on here that may have used formula because it's a personal choice, nor do I expect anyone who hasn't had a kid or researched these two options to know that.