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Lucky only because Charles Moses Martin Goodrich, who goes by Moses, gets round the clock feedings of breast milk, routinely considered the food of choice in the medical community. And it's not costing his family a dime.
That's because after Susan Goodrich died of an amniotic fluid embolism 11 hours after birthing Moses in January, 25 women in the small community stepped forward to either pump milk or nurse in her place....
Perhaps that's because it truly is unique. Wet nursing used to be a matter of survival. Now, it's a controversial practice that some are quick to write off as strange. Take for instance, what happened when actress Salma Hayek nursed a baby during a humanitarian trip to Africa. The news made the rounds of cable shows, blogs, and The View, with pundits questioning whether what she did was wrong or right.
