Breast milk helps build a baby’s budding immune system, and the act of breastfeeding establishes emotional bonding. And, frankly, mammals are built for it. So why is there continually so much controversy surrounding the topic? Some women have blamed the sexualization of breasts for the pushback they receive when nursing their babies in public. Others have harshly judged and criticized mothers who opt for formula over breast milk. Even COVID-19 and COVID vaccinations have shone a spotlight on it: The virus will not be passed on to baby through breast milk, but antibodies from the vaccine will. Every few years, a new debate involving breast milk arises. These are some of the most notable.
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10 I Scream. You Scream. We All Scream About Breast Milk Ice Cream
In 2011, a London shop introduced ice cream containing human breast milk. The Icecreamists created “Baba Gaga” using the breast milk of more than a dozen women. The vanilla and lemon zest concoction cost about $22.50 per serving and sold out within days.
The Icecreamists recruited breast milk donors with an internet advertisement and said all milk “was screened [for viruses and contaminants] in line with hospital/blood donor requirements.” The store’s founder said, “It’s pure, it’s natural, it’s organic, and it’s free range—and if it’s good enough for our kids, it’s good enough to use in our ice cream.”
But Westminster Council officials were concerned that Baba Gaga might pose a health threat. “Selling foodstuffs made from another person’s bodily fluids can lead to viruses being passed on and, in this case, potentially hepatitis,” said one council member.
The Icecreamists called the council’s concerns “complete rubbish” and said “if the ice cream is not safe, then these mothers pose a serious risk to their babies.
In 2015, breastfeeding advocate Victoria Hiley teamed up with the Licktators to relaunch the product in honor of the forthcoming royal baby. “How delicious breast milk is, whatever your age,” Hiley said. Would you eat it?
9 Jury Duty Trumps Mother’s Desire to Breastfeed
A Hampshire woman may defer her jury service at Winchester Crown Court for 12 months, but she says that’s not long enough. Zoe Stacey asked to be excused from service while she breastfeeds her now two-month-old son, and she had hoped to do so for longer than one year.
The Jury Central Summoning Bureau rejected the request, and Stacey appealed, saying, “I do feel strongly about being able to breastfeed for as long as possible and not wanting to leave him for the next year. I think they need to show more compassion.” The appeal will be considered by a judge at Winchester Crown Court. HM Courts and Tribunals Service said, “Crown court practice is to defer new mums that are breastfeeding. We are investigating the facts of this case.”
8 Moms Utilize Facebook to Farm Out Surplus Breast Milk
The Eats on Feets campaign started on Facebook when a breastfeeding mother wanted to find a way to put her surplus milk to use. She teamed up with like-minded activists, and the movement spread to every continent, including Antarctica! It describes itself as a “world-wide network for those who have made the informed choice to share breast milk.”
Shell Walker Luttrell, a midwife from Phoenix, Arizona, crafted the original Facebook page in 2010. “Hey, why don’t we just become wet nurses,” she told her breastfeeding friends, “Instead of Meals on Wheels, we can call ourselves Eats on Feets.”
But the U.S. FDA explains that using “donor human milk” is risky business. “Risks for the baby include exposure to infectious diseases, including HIV, to chemical contaminants, such as some illegal drugs to a limited number of prescription drugs, that might be in the human milk if the donor has not been adequately screened,” reads the FDA’s website. “In addition, if human milk is not handled and stored properly, it could, like any time of milk, become contaminated and unsafe to drink.”
The FDA prefers that those interested in breast milk sharing utilize the Human Milk Banking Association of North America as a good source of information and contact.
7 Celebrity Dads Import Breast Milk
Dad couples aren’t equipped to breastfeed, so what do they do when they believe “breast is best”? For celebrity couples like Neil Patrick Harris and David Burtka, it helps to be wealthy. In 2010, the parents welcomed twins via surrogate and worried when one baby exhibited fussiness from gastrointestinal problems. After experimenting with various formulas, they opted to source breast milk for her.
“You have to have breast milk shipped in,” Harris said in an interview. “If anyone is pumping, extra milk has to go to San Jose and then get pasteurized and then come back to you. I think it’s a racket!” The actor complained that even if his next-door neighbor wanted to donate milk, she’d have to jump through hoops. “If someone’s in Santa Monica, down the street, and wants to provide milk, it has to go on a plane to San Jose,” he explained. “And they charge a fortune—it costs more for breast milk than sushi!”
Sir Elton John and David Furnish did the same. Their son’s surrogate (and biological mother) pumped breast milk in the U.S. and sent it to the U.K. via Fed-Ex. Celeb couples can easily afford this luxury. But with most milk banks charging about $4 an ounce—that’s more than $100 a day for a hungry newborn—importing breast milk is not an option for the average parent.
6 Actress Donates Breast Milk to Drug-Addicted Infant
When Jenna Elfman’s first son was born, she found she didn’t know the first thing about how to breastfeed. “I had zero education about breastfeeding before giving birth to my first son, I didn’t know there was anything TO learn about breastfeeding,” she said. “I though you put the baby on the breast, and they sucked and that was it.”
When she was unable to get her own son to latch on, Elfman opted to feed him with formula. But the actress put her pumped breast milk to good use when a friend of a friend gave birth to a methamphetamine-addicted baby who was unable to keep down his formula. “Once a week, my friend would come over to get a supply,” the actress said. “The second the baby started on breast milk, he could hold it down. All of the rash symptoms on his body started going away. I literally kept him alive for several months.”
5 Police Officer Breastfeeds Another Woman’s Baby
In 2018, Officer Celeste Jaqueline Ayala was patrolling a children’s hospital in Berisso, Argentina when she heard the cries of a hungry baby. Ayala had recently become a mother herself and immediately recognized the baby’s need. She simply sat down on a chair outside the hospital ward and, in full police uniform, fed the infant. Hospital officials said that the baby was just removed from its mother and that’s why it had not been fed by its staff.
The officer’s partner photographed the moment and shared it on Facebook writing, “I want to make public this great gesture of love that you displayed today with this baby.” The post quickly went viral and was featured by news outlets across the globe. Amazingly, this happened on August 14, which in Argentina is “National Day of the Female Officer.”
Actress Salma Hayek made similar headlines while on a goodwill trip to Sierra Leone in 2009. The country has the highest infant mortality rate in the world—one in five children die before their fifth birthday—and malnutrition is a big factor. Doctors there told the actress that they would like to see mothers breastfeed for two years, but tradition makes doing so difficult. Most mothers stop after just a few months because of pressure from their husbands, who are forbidden to have sexual relations with a woman who is breastfeeding.
A video clip shows Hayek breastfeeding a hungry baby boy, who was born on the same day as her own 1-year-old daughter. The actress said she did so to diminish the stigma placed on women for breastfeeding—particularly, breastfeeding babies more than a few months old.
A blogger on EW.com called Hayek cool “because her left breast has now done more for humanity in a few minutes that I’ve done in roughly my life.”
4 Breast Milk Sets Off Explosives Alarm
In 2017, a Birtney Shawstad told security agents she was traveling with breast milk and was instructed to put the container in its own security bin for screening. The breast milk set off an alarm when it was tested for explosives. It was retested with the same results. Thinking that the bin was the problem Shawstad asked that the milk be screened in a different bin, but her request was denied. She was forced to dump the milk if she wanted to board the plane.
“I just started crying because I really didn’t know what to do,” the mother told reporters. “That was my son’s food.”
The TSA later apologized to the woman and said it would brief all Denver TSA officers on screening oversized liquids, including breast milk.
A few years earlier, Delta Air Lines came under fire for refusing to let a nursing mother board with her breast pump. Gate agents forced the woman to check her bag, rendering her unable to pump for more than eight hours.
The airline apologized and explained that the company does support the breastfeeding travelers. Delta fully supports a woman’s right to breastfeed on board Delta and Delta Connection aircraft and in Delta facilities. Breast pumps are allowed on board.”
3 Supermodel Thinks There Should Be a Law About Breastfeeding
Gisele Bundchen is an outspoken celebrity, and becoming a mother did nothing to quell her abrasiveness. The supermodel (and wife of pro quarterback Tom Brady) infuriated women with comments made to Harper’s Bazaar in 2010.
When asked how she so quickly regained her million-dollar pre-baby figure, Bundchen said, “I think breastfeeding really helped. Some people here think they don’t have to breastfeed, and I think, ‘Are you going to give chemical food to your child, when they are so little?’ There should be a worldwide law, in my opinion, that mothers should breastfeed their babies for six months.”
The Victoria’s Secret model later walked back on her bold remarks, expressing regret that her statement sounded so “black and white.”
2 Festival Goer Sprays Breast Milk Into Crowd
Just when you thought you’d seen it all. At the 2019 DirtyBird Campout in Southern California, an attractive blonde donning a one-piece swimsuit, ballcap, sunglasses, and red boots blends in with the rest of the 50,000 attendees. That is, until she whipped out her breasts and began spraying milk into the crowd. The multitasker twerked and sprayed simultaneously, while a fellow festival-goer squats down to capture the milky shower in her open mouth.
1 Mother Breastfeeds Teenaged Son
Nicole Mullen is a big advocate for breastfeeding older children. And it appears that she’s out to lead by example! The unconventional mother was unbothered by stunned onlookers while she nursed her 13-year-old son while they waited in line for a movie. When the ticket clerk shouted that the pair needed to stop, she replied, “I am a mother, and I have every right to feed my child in public.”
Or perhaps the woman is just looking for publicity with shock value: Mullen claims she derives sexual pleasure from her son’s facial hair—yeah!
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]]>When it comes to headlines, Florida men are a breed all their own. And we’re not just talking about the fact that they have more guns than any other state in America—though it’s true that they do. We’re talking about their weird, wild headlines. So we thought: What better way to celebrate the year 2022 than with a list of 10 crazy headlines that prove Florida men are a different breed. Are you ready to be shocked?
Ever since the dawn of time, there have been men who are just different. Whether it’s the way they dress, how they talk, or even their hairstyles, these Florida men know how to stand out in a crowd. You’ve heard it before, and you know it’s true. Florida men are a breed apart—they’re the kind of men who will do anything to get what they want, even if it means running through a drive-thru with their clothes off or putting a live alligator in their pants.
Here are just some of the occurrences that prove how these Florida men are just different:
10 Florida Man Busted After Tantrum About Bacon
Have you ever seen someone get arrested because he threw a tantrum over bacon? Yup, that’s probably not an uncommon scenario when you go to Florida. When the Cape Coral police received calls claiming that there was some “disturbance,” they quickly responded. Upon arriving at the Waffle House (where else would it be?), they saw a shirtless man yelling at the employees for the way his bacon was cooked.
Currently, the man is in jail and is charged with intoxication as well as resisting arrest. Though it’s a bit bizarre to be arrested because of bacon, it surely is also a lesson learned: do not let bacon get on your nerves![1]
9 The Crossbow Fiasco
It’s not all the time you hear about stolen crossbows—they’re hard to hide, and they might even potentially hurt you as you run away from authorities. However, that’s not entirely the case with Darren Durrant from Florida. Though he was able to walk out of the store undetected, they were able to trace back that he was the one who stole the crossbow.
The crazy part? He actually stored it inside his pants. Yup, you didn’t read that part wrong. A crossbow inside his pants—talk about a fiasco indeed. Even if he was in danger of injury with how he hid such an item, Durrant and his antics have definitely proven to us that you can actually hide a crossbow inside your pants! He left undetected (the crutch was a nice touch) but was spotted in a restaurant’s parking lot, where he even tried to run away from the police. The attempt was unsuccessful, though, as he was arrested and jailed. [2]
8 The Naked Man with a Barbell
Imagine waking up to your 62-year-old neighbor as he’s banging a barbell on the door… while naked. That is actually not unlikely if you find yourself living in Florida, so be prepared. Larry Gardner was confronted by a neighbor as he was hitting a sliding glass door to another person’s home. The neighbor confronted Gardner, who threatened to kill him.
Gardner eventually dropped the barbell but picked up a metal pipe near the home and continued threatening his neighbor. After finally being tackled by two good Samaritans, the police arrived, and Gardner was arrested for assault and armed burglary. Definitely not something you’d expect on a Monday evening.[3]
7 Florida Man Watched Spider-Man 292 Times
If you claim to be Spiderman’s number one fan, you definitely have to think again after reading about Ramila Alanis and the world record that he broke. In honor of his late grandmother, who he also saw as his number-one supporter, he wanted to be the record holder after losing the title in 2021. With that, this man spent over $3,400 watching Spider-Man: No Way Home 292 times. Yup, 292 times.
Not only that, but because the requirements for the record state you have to watch this movie without doing anything else like using your phone, going to the restroom, or even sleeping, it is safe to say that Alanis may have already memorized the dialogue and the screenplay. That’s a lot, just to have that title.
Though it took him approximately 720 hours (that’s 30 days) to watch the movie 292 times while juggling his personal life and work commitments, he was actually very successful in achieving this groundbreaking and amazing world record! Would you do something like this, too?[4]
6 Unfamiliar with the Stick Shift, Driver Crashes Supercar
Wouldn’t it be heartbreaking to purchase a supercar only for it to be crashed just a week later? That was actually what happened with Robert Guarini. What seemed to be a normal day for him definitely turned into something else when he crashed his 2006 Heritage Edition Ford GT. While not a new car, he had just gotten it at an auction, paying a whopping $704,000 for it.
When asked by the authorities why this happened, apparently, he was unfamiliar with how the stick shift worked. However, authorities found out later on that Guarini actually had a suspended license and didn’t even have the registration or insurance for the car that he bought. Not only was his car damaged and crashed, but he also got cited for driving with a suspended license and not having the car registered or insurance![5]
5 Florida Man Uploads Bomb-Making Videos
Florida isn’t just home to weird cases of theft and robbery, but it is also popular because of how interesting its people can be. When living in Florida, it surely should not come as a surprise to you when someone just decides to upload a bomb-making video out of the blue. Yes, it actually happened. Romeo Xavier Langhorne, a 32-year-old, was caught doing just that.
According to the prosecutors, he even pledged his allegiance to ISIS. That prompted him to upload a video on how to make bombs, hoping it would be helpful to the group with whatever they wanted to do. An FBI agent—undercover as an ISIS representative—was actually the one who caught him. Because of this, Langhorne was sentenced to 20 years in prison.[6]
4 Naked Man in Florida Attempts to Rob a Man with a Machete
When in Florida, naked men that want to rob you are a common thing. So if you find yourself visiting the state or even have plans of living there, definitely take this bizarre occurrence into consideration because you might just find yourself in such a situation! What seemed a normal day for this surveyor turned into something else when a naked man ran after him with a machete as he demanded clothes and other stuff like his wallet and even his phone.
This naked man actually came out of nowhere, taking everyone by surprise with what he did. After throwing a machete at the worker who handed over what he was asking for, the naked man then jumped into a vehicle and drove to a nearby gas station. Though the surveyor was struck with a machete, he, fortunately, didn’t receive any serious injuries.
After yelling at people driving by and a comical push-up display, the Florida authorities were able to take the nude assailant into custody. With that, he was charged with attempted robbery with a deadly weapon. However, it was later discovered that this man also had mental health issues. Definitely an interesting case![7]
3 Florida Man Wakeboards Behind a Truck After Hurricane Ian
Yup, you read that correctly. Time and time again, it’s been proven that the men in Florida never disappoint with their many adventures. They seem to live keeping everyone entertained—like this guy right here!
Right after the disastrous Hurricane Ian hit the central west coast of Florida this past summer, many witnesses saw a man wakeboarding on the streets behind a truck. His surfing escapade garnered much attention on social media, with spectators cheering the man on. The comments were almost as comical, with one user citing, “Nothing is more American than this.” Another user topped the comments, though, with his observation about the sprinklers being on at the golf course in the background.
Would you ever do such a crazy thing? If we’re being honest, wakeboarding in the streets doesn’t sound like a very bad thing either, as long as you’re careful![8]
2 Naked Man Wearing a Cowboy Hat Attacks Woman Using a Machete
At this point, every time you hear about a machete and a naked man, you might instantly think about Florida and how incidents like this seem like a common thing to happen to the residents living there. Imagine riding a bicycle when suddenly a naked man pops out of nowhere and attacks you with a machete? It sounds unlikely, right? However, nothing here in Florida seems to be impossible because this actually happened!
Roberto Hercules, 45, attacked a woman while she was riding a bicycle around town. After being rejected and turned down after asking her for a crack pipe that she didn’t even have, Hercules hit and chased her with a machete. Even as the woman tried to run away from Hercules and jump off her bicycle, she was still struck with the weapon multiple times. Fortunately, she survived. Later, the police found the assailant sleeping, still naked, with a cowboy hat. He was arrested and charged with attempted murder, attempted armed robbery, and aggravated battery with a weapon.[9]
1 Man in Florida Pays Rent to a Fake House Owner
Nothing beats the frustration of having to pay your rent monthly, especially if you’re the cost comes at a big price, right? However, what if you find out that you’ve been paying your rent to someone that’s not even your landlord? This is what happened to Isaac Aviles, a 19-year-old who got conned by what seemed to be a fake owner of the house!
It was only three months later when he found out that the man he had been paying $1200 a month to was a rental scammer! He never met the supposed landlord and only spoke to him on the phone. The 3-bedroom home in Orlando seemed like a good deal–too good, it seemed—as the true rent for the home is double what Aviles was paying. Because real estate scams are a common occurrence in Florida and elsewhere, you definitely have to watch out because you might be the next victim.[10]
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