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Honesty pls - have any of you tried your own breast milk?
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Anonymous
| I'm curious to try it just to see what it tastes like. DH thinks I'm nuts. Have you tried it and if so, what's it like? |
Anonymous
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yep. it's sweet. best I can describe it is tasting like vanilla ice cream.
I also tasted breast milk gone bad. worse than sour cow's milk. |
Anonymous
| Sure. You don't have to drink a cup. It would be weird NOT to taste it. It's very very sweet. |
Anonymous
| sweet water |
Anonymous
OP here - just tried it. Wow. It's truly is like sweet water. Thanks for the encouragement. DH thinks I'm crazy. 
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Anonymous
Your husband does realize that breastmilk isn't human waste or blood, right? It's food! |
Anonymous
| Yes, I've definitely tried it. Very sweet. I took a tiny taste of freshly pumped milk so I could tell the difference between good and bad in case I was ever concerned about my refrigerator or freezer stash (montgomery county -- where the power is less than reliable!) |
Anonymous
| my three-year-old calls it "Mommy Chocolate Milk" |
Anonymous
| Yes, and I don't care for it. I have had to taste it a lot as I was an exclusive pumper and my milk had excess lipase. Now that's some gross stuff! |
Anonymous
| Yes, to make sure it was okay. It's sweet. Also tasted a dab of my son's oatmeal cereal mixed with bmilk: no wonder he loves it. |
Anonymous
| why would trying breast milk be a big deal? If you're feeding to your baby, it's suitable for your consumption, right?! Not sure why it would be a "true confessions" topic on this forum. |
Anonymous
Lipase is an enzyme helping with the digestion of fats... I never thought it would have a taste... How did you find out that you had too much of it??? |
Anonymous
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Sure. i mean, I was sprayed in the face with it (imagine those physics) so figured i'd taste it while it was there. I can't imagine chugging a cup, but a small taste seems rather normal to me.
sweet for sure. |
Anonymous
| Yes, a lot of times, I took a sip to make sure it wasn't spoiled before I gave it to LO. I didn't make cheese out of it or anything. |
Anonymous
Not the PP but it makes the milk smell bad, I had excess in mine too. Found out when I started using some of my freezer stash and it smelled bad, it tasted off too. But it is not bad it's just the extra lipase. I then had to scald the milk prior to freezing to stop ordain happening. Talk about a pain in the ass! I always try to tell people now if you are stock piling milk make sure you thaw some out every once in a while to make sure it still smells good. The baby can still drink it but some won't because it tastes different. I was hystericl when I first figured it out thinking I was going to have to throw out my whole freezer stash. |