"MERCENARY HIRELINGS" OR "A GREAT BLESSING"?: DOCTORS' AND MOTHERS' CONFLICTED PERCEPTIONS OF WET NURSES AND THE RAMIFICATIONS FOR INFANT FEEDING IN CHICAGO, 1871-1961. Journal of Social History (9/22/1999)
...who often found wet nurses for families...the dilemma, a wet nurse's "price was above...ignored the use of wet nurses when a mother did...breastfeeding.(8) Wet nursing, however...attitudes toward ...

Wet-nursing boom in England explored; from 1500 to 1700, wealthy English women did not nurse their babies - and had anywhere from a dozen to 20 or more children. Science (2/13/1987)
Wet-Nursing Boom in England...Edinburgh, 1986. The wet nurse boom began in Englandaround...shopkeepers, were hiring wet nurses. The results were dramatic...years old. So why did wet-nursing become so popular...encouraged their ...

Infants, Parents and Wet Nurses: Medieval Islamic Views on Breastfeeding and Their Social Implications.(Reviews of Books)(Book Review) The Journal of the American Oriental Society (4/1/2003)
Infants, Parents and Wet Nurses: Medieval Islamic Views on Breastfeeding...the nature of relations with wet nurses, as well as "power structures" within...is the man who chooses and hires the wet nurse--women also played to ...

THE RETURN OF THE WET NURSE; Arrangement: Sarah Hastings and childminder Mary, who both breastfed Zoe. Daily Mail (London) (10/8/2007)
...most women, the ancient art of wet nursing remains the last taboo...to breastfeed - who want wet nurses for their babies. Robert Feinstock...believes that byoffering wet nurses, he has tapped into a much...imagine Irish womenopting for the ...

THE RETURN OF THE WET-NURSE; Arrangement: Sarah Hastings and childminder Mary, left, who both breastfed Zoe. Daily Mail (London) (9/7/2007)
...taboo of modern motherhood. Wet nursing, cross-nursing...British aristocracy employed wet nurses to feed their babiesbecause...when doctors realised that wet nurses might be passing oninfections...breastimplants, who want ...

THE RETURN OF THE WET-NURSE; Arrangement: Sarah Hastings and childminder Mary, who both breastfed Zoe. Daily Mail (London) (9/7/2007)
...taboo of modern motherhood. Wet nursing, cross-nursing...British aristocracy employed wet nurses to feed their babiesbecause...when doctors realised that wet nurses might be passing oninfections...breastimplants, who want ...

In the 1890s, a wet nurse contracted syphilis from a baby -- and sued. The Washington Post (3/2/2008)
...could be transmitted through wet-nursing had been known practically...the babies' mouths with their nurses' nipples put the women at extreme...women who had served as wet nurses in the city's foundling home...She applied for work as a wet ...

Meet the extreme breast-feeders; One uses her nanny as a wet-nurse. Another took drugs to fool her body into producing milk. How the 'breast is best' mantra can become an obsession.(Features; Femail) Daily Mail (London) (12/22/2011)
...considered so very odd? In previous centuries, wet nursing was very common indeed, especially...may find the idea of crossnursing, or wet nursing, strange but in fact I think it...under intolerable emotional pressure to nurse a baby against all the odds. Though a...

Meet the extreme breastfeeders; One uses her nanny as a wet-nurse. Another took drugs to fool her body into producing milk. How the 'breast is best' mantra can become an obsession.(Features) Daily Mail (London) (12/22/2011)
...considered so very odd? In previous centuries, wet nursing was very common indeed, especially...may find the idea of crossnursing, or wet nursing, strange but in fact I think it...under intolerable emotional pressure to nurse a baby against all the odds. Though a...