Drinking Raw Milk While Pregnant

YorkieonmyPillow · ‎01-13-2013

My daughter - she's 21 - was just telling me about one of her acquaintances who is currently pregnant and drinking raw milk.

She also apparently hasn't seen an MD but instead consults doulas and midwives.

From what I read, drinking raw milk is unsafe during pregnancy.

Has anyone known of a pregnant person doing this?

deepwaterdotter · ‎03-09-2010

Does the expectant mother feel that there is some benefit to her and/or the baby by drinking raw milk?

Vivian · ‎03-11-2010

This woman is an ignorant fool. Maybe somebody can educate her on the importance of prenatal medical care and diet.

YorkieonmyPillow · ‎01-13-2013

She's very "crunchy," as they say, and seems to be wanting to safeguard the baby from anything toxic or non-organic. This is her first baby.

LTT1 · ‎03-09-2010

@YorkieonmyPillow

I got TB from drinking raw, unpasteurized milk (my mother said) when I was very little, approximately two. Pasteurization had just been invented/or at least, regularly used in processing.

We lived in DE, in a more heavily populated city... my TB test has been positive my whole life!

Don't let her do this!

~Have a Kind Heart, Fierce Mind, Brave Spirit~

Blahblahvampemer · ‎08-31-2010

I don't see the issue as it's only recently in human history where pasteurization was even available. If it didn't kill off humans then, why would it now with even better sanitation?

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LTT1 · ‎03-09-2010

@BLAHBLAH... I wouldn't want to try it with my baby

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fortune · ‎03-14-2010

First developed by Louis Pasteur in 1864, pasteurization
kills harmful organisms responsible for such diseases as
staph, listeriosis, typhoid fever, tuberculosis, diphtheria,
and brucellosis. Raw milk can seriously affect the health
of anyone who drinks it or eats foods made from raw milk.
The bacteria in raw milk can be especially dangerous to
people with weakened immune systems, older adults,
pregnant women, and children.

colliemom4 · ‎09-08-2010

We know a man and his wife that drink unpasturized milk on a regular basis. They say it tastes better. I wouldn't dare do it. Especially if I was pregnant.