# Another poll: breast milk and possible TMI. **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [March 13, 2004, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-poll-breast-milk-and-possible-tmi/234034 "2004-03-13T04:24:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Oregon\_sunshine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/50afbb/32.png) [@Oregon\_sunshine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oregon_sunshine)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2004, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-poll-breast-milk-and-possible-tmi/234034/1 "2004-03-13T04:24:08Z")
Guys and gals (that like the ladies): did you ever drink your lactating partner’s breast milk? If so, why? If not, why not? And what did you think of it if you did? Come on, tell me! I’m just curious. 😉 Ladies, did you ever try your own? I know it’s TMI, but I tried mine when little ggurl was wee (squirted the elixir into a glass and drank it that way, of course), and I found it rather thin but good. I’m just curious about others who may have tried it and their stories. It’s _human interest_, dammit! ---
**Author:** ![Seven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Seven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Seven)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2004, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-poll-breast-milk-and-possible-tmi/234034/2 "2004-03-13T04:32:09Z")
I did kind of by mistake. A bit after Mrs Seven V1.0 had my daughter, we were fooling around. Without going into too much detail, lets just say I forget about it and had one of those “what was THAT?” moments. Before too long we kind of had it all over everywhere. I thought the taste was interesting. Kind of sweeter then I expected. Nothing I’d want in my coffee or cereal, but I didn’t dislike the taste either. It did add an interesting twist to our sex life for a bit. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![danceswithcats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9e8a1a/32.png) [@danceswithcats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/danceswithcats)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2004, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-poll-breast-milk-and-possible-tmi/234034/3 "2004-03-13T04:56:17Z")
When littlecat, her Mother and I were all together, way back in the day, it was a delicacy I’d enjoy just as did my daughter! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Roadwalker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e19b73/32.png) [@Roadwalker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roadwalker)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2004, 6:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-poll-breast-milk-and-possible-tmi/234034/4 "2004-03-13T06:19:16Z")
My wife routenly expresses milk befroe going to work. If the baby doesn’t drink it, I do. (hey it’s healthy) The cats eat the baby’s spit-up. ---
**Author:** ![TeaElle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8491ac/32.png) [@TeaElle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TeaElle)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2004, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-poll-breast-milk-and-possible-tmi/234034/5 "2004-03-13T14:11:15Z")
I tasted my own on a couple of occasions, including once when my son was being reticent to nurse. (I was wondering if the taste had changed. It hadn’t really.) It’s not the best thing I’ve ever tasted (kind of cantaloupe-y) but it’s not bad. I’d be surprised if any nursing mother didn’t taste at least a little at least once. The curiosity has to be overwhelming! ---
**Author:** ![geewhiz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/f0a364/32.png) [@geewhiz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/geewhiz)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2004, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-poll-breast-milk-and-possible-tmi/234034/6 "2004-03-13T14:40:31Z")
If you are tasting or even drinking mother’s milk on a regular basis, will there be enough left over for the baby. I mean can’t you run out and then make more. I mean does does it make a difference in how much goes to the baby? _sigh_ I am going back to bed. ---
**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Chance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jonathan_chance/32/701_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2004, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-poll-breast-milk-and-possible-tmi/234034/7 "2004-03-13T14:44:32Z")
> [@Seven](#): > > I did kind of by mistake. A bit after Mrs Seven V1.0 had my daughter, we were fooling around. Without going into too much detail, lets just say I forget about it and had one of those “what was THAT?” moments. Before too long we kind of had it all over everywhere. I was close to this. About 2-3 months after Baby Kate was born we went to the ocean and got a condo. Simple enough. Baby’s asleep we start fooling around. Baby starts to cry and Lady Chance’s milk lets down with her on top. Suddenly I’m on the business end of a waterfall. Glub! So…yes. ---
**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2004, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-poll-breast-milk-and-possible-tmi/234034/8 "2004-03-13T14:50:28Z")
> [@geewhiz](#): > > If you are tasting or even drinking mother’s milk on a regular basis, will there be enough left over for the baby. I mean can’t you run out and then make more. I mean does does it make a difference in how much goes to the baby? > > _sigh_ I am going back to bed. You never run out. Your body constantly produces more. It may be down to a trickle at some point, but you will never run out (until you stop lactating, of course) It’s watery and rather sweet. Nothing to be grossed out about. ---
**Author:** ![whiterabbit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/cab0a1/32.png) [@whiterabbit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/whiterabbit)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2004, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-poll-breast-milk-and-possible-tmi/234034/9 "2004-03-13T15:05:51Z")
From what I’ve heard, though I have no experience, the more that gets drunk, the more is produced. The supply changes to meet the demand. So I expect that it doesn’t hurt for somebody else to drink some. ---
**Author:** ![geewhiz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/f0a364/32.png) [@geewhiz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/geewhiz)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2004, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-poll-breast-milk-and-possible-tmi/234034/10 "2004-03-13T15:13:24Z")
Thanks for the answers and for not making me feel stupid. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![angelicate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@angelicate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/angelicate)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2004, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-poll-breast-milk-and-possible-tmi/234034/11 "2004-03-13T19:19:24Z")
I taste everything that I feed to my daughter, so my milk was no different. It tasted kind of sweet, like the milk that’s left over after you eat a bowl of frosted flakes. My husband tasted it too. I’d think it was odd for someone to NOT taste their milk, personally. ---
**Author:** ![Farmwoman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8dc957/32.png) [@Farmwoman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Farmwoman)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2004, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-poll-breast-milk-and-possible-tmi/234034/12 "2004-03-13T21:12:31Z")
> [@](#): > > I’d think it was odd for someone to NOT taste their milk, personally. Me too. It’s not like the stuff isn’t fit for human consumption, after all. I’ve tasted mine, just a couple of drops out of curiosity. (I’m not much of a milk drinker regardless of the species producing.) Hubby’s also had a couple of tastes … circumstances not unlike **seven’s** ---
**Author:** ![Queen\_Tonya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/4491bb/32.png) [@Queen\_Tonya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Queen_Tonya)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2004, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-poll-breast-milk-and-possible-tmi/234034/13 "2004-03-14T01:33:46Z")
I used my ex-husband as quality control while nursing. After a day of really dumb meal combinations, the boy was fussily refusing to nurse, hubby tasted my milk and literally spit it into the sink! Turns out, broccoli casserole for lunch and thai for dinner made for some funky non-normal tasting milk, go figure. Hubby wouldn’t have known had we not naturally both tasted in the first few weeks, and having an independant quality checker was invaluable at times.