Apparently Craig's List doesn't see the difference between breastmilk and urine. Now that Oscar is getting older and is less dependent on breastmilk, I want to start transitioning into donating my breastmilk to another mother in need. I know about milk banks, but have had trouble getting information about them locally, and I like the idea of my milk not being mixed with other milk, and that I could actually SEE the family I was helping. I figured Craig's List would be a cool place to start because any woman reading it would be local, and that the ad would reach these women for free. I attempted a little humor in my ad...
Title: (baby & kid stuff) I Want To Be Your Cow!
I am a healthy, drug-free, smoke-free, alcohol-free vegan breastfeeding mama with 2 1/2 year's experience. I am looking to help another mother by supplementing her breastmilk supply. I am NOT offering my milk for sale. I would like to volunteer it, for free, to a mother in need. I do ask that you rent a breast pump from the hospital for hygiene purposes. Please contact me with your questions. I am okay with doing a medical screening, including HIV test. Please DO NOT contact me about buying breastmilk! Sorry to repeat myself, but I am serious about giving it away only!
Thank you.
"Well, I got two nice emails in the first 15 minutes:
"I just wanted to stop and applause you!!!!! I always wanted to do that everytime I breastfed my daughters,but for some reason I didn't!! I just wanted to say "you go girl!" I am very proud that you want to share the most precious food god can give you to a child! "
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I just wanted to drop you a line and tell you that your doing a great thing. You could also look into giving your milk to places who give it to premies. Anyways your doing a great thing, the world need more people like you"
Overly nice, thank you! And then twenty minutes later, it's flagged and removed. My ad appeared among dozens of ads for formula and formula coupons. I asked the Craig's List forum why my ad had been removed, and the unanimous answer was that bodily fluids are prohibited. I feel this is ridiculous. To put breastmilk in the same category as urine or snot is disgraceful. Breastmilk is actually alive, a living, life-giving tissue capable of chemical changes. Urine is a static mixture of waste.
So I am frustrated, and not sure what real recourse I have on Craig's List, so I guess it is back to the drawing board.
Thursday, January 3, 2008
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