Sentences with phrase «wet nurses became»

In Europe the supply of wet nurses became a profession.

We think they're the best answer to feeding baby since wet nursing became a full - time profession as long ago as 1745 B.C., say editors at «Newsweek» magazine.

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Perhaps in the future, Margaret Mead's nod toward wet nursing practices will expand as breastfeeding acceptance becomes universal.

It's easy for nursing bras to become wet, even with nursing pads, and an absorbent fabric will leave you feeling much more comfortable.

If you wear nursing pads, change them whenever they become soiled or wet.

Women are still wet - nursing, but HIV testing for both the wet - nursing mom and the other woman's baby have become essential.

What information... what advice can you give them as far as becoming a wet nurse or a cross nurse for somebody, you know, what do you have to keep in mind with that?

MEG NAGLE: Yeah, well I think the bottle culture and formula feeding has become such just a normal part of many cultures around the World, the whole wet - nursing thing and cross-nursing started to become less and less common, because now people have a way to feed their babies with something other than their breastmilk, which was a much safer alternative to anything else that they had previously.

Employing wet nurses, which had been a common practice among wealthier women, became less common as wet nursing, most often performed by poor women, immigrants, and women of color, became more stigmatized, and as safer breast milk alternatives, such as sterilized condensed milk, became available.25 Instead, during this «chemical period» in infant feeding, medical authorities took charge, partially by devising complicated «percentage» formulas only they could administer as breast milk replacements.26 As Rima Apple and others have amply shown, the result was the «medicalization of motherhood,» or «scientific motherhood.»

Wealthier women, who had always breastfed less often than other women, now turned to using artificial formulas and cow's milk as it became safer, instead of employing wet nurses.

Wet nursing, which involves one woman breastfeeding another woman's child, became popular in many societies, particularly if a mother was too ill to breastfeed or had died during childbirth.

A medical assisting position can be a great way to get your feet wet, determine how much you enjoy working with patients and potentially propel you to earn a nursing degree or work toward becoming an office manager in a medical setting.