Have you tasted your own breastmilk?

[Charlotte91]

This is just a curiousity thing.

I often look at DS feeding, or wipe his chin when he's done, and wonder what it tastes like. He obviously likes it.

I don't know. I'm overtired today.

Have you tasted your own BM?

[Rouge]

Yep by accident

I was giving EBM to DS. Wanted to check the temp and then did the whole squirt on my hand and test on my lip. I realised what I had done and was weirded out for about 5 seconds. Then was like meh. It's a lot sweeter than I expected. But let me tell you formula tastes disgusting in comparison. Blurgh. (Not having a go at FF just for the record).

[PumpkinZulu]

Totally. So has DH, many a time It's so sweet and smooth. Tasted colostrum too; which is quite salty. I don't see the harm

[Butterfly Dawn]

Yes. I have been squirted by myself with all 3 kids strong let down.
Kinda sweet tasting-not bad. better then formula!

[RainbowRiver]

I have, can't say I liked the taste or would want more then a drop of it at a time!

[maybebaby2012]

not lately! lol But yes. It's not really my cup of tea!

[Eenee]

Yep and it tastes better fresh then after its been in the fridge or after its been frozen.

Another question, I wonder if you were lost in the desert and drank your own milk would that be enough to sustain you? Lol oh the random things I think of.

[Rowellen]

I have too. Just a few drops to see what it was like. It was quite sweet. I can totally get why my DD would prefer it to formula or cows milk even taking away the nice warm soft mummy factor!

[Ree*Ree]

Yep I tasted a drop out of curiosity, it's so sweet!

[MummyNaomi]

Yep, it's sweet, I also tasted some after defrosting EBM to see how different it tasted to fresh.

Not grossed out at all - its a food source!!!

[Charlotte91]

I've smelt it, all those weeks of expressing when DD was in hospital. It had an almost musty smell to it.

Glad I'm not the only one who has though of tasting it.

[~TT40~]

yea i tried a bit out of curiosity. it is really sweet (well mine is , id say different peopke tastes different)

[Calluna]

I have but I couldnt tell you what it tastes like as I cant get more than a drop to my mouth without expressing and Im just not that interested. Lol

[blessedatlast]

I have tasted mine.. Yuk..

[Indadhanu]

Yeah, I didn't find it terribley sweet, just... thin and milky. Different. But not sweet. Might have been my diet though - I'm more of a savory gal, and ate a lot of savory when breastfeeding rather than sweets or anything like that. Maybe I should do some experiments when I'm breastfeeding and see if spicy foods or sweet foods make it different? lol

ETA: My partner had it in coffee and on cereal once because I borrowed milk from the neighbours and put it in baby bottles (all I could think of at the time haha) so I had breastmilk and cows milk in the fridge in baby bottles. Didn't think to label them because my BM always separated so I just chucked them on opposite sides of the fridge. HILARIOUS! But she didn't seem to care. Said it didn't really taste like anything.

[Babyluv]

A friend of mine was catching a plane one morning while she was away and had expressed milk in the fridge. Rather than throw it away she made a hot chocolate out of it hehe. I don't see it as a big deal. We drink milk from cows.

[Ca Plane Pour Moi]

Yes. I wouldn't feed my child anything I wouldn't eat myself. It was too warm and sweet for me - I prefer milk the way nature intended, from a cow and stored in the fridge!

DH probably has, but really did freak out about me making milk in the first few months and would never admit it if he has.

[Heaven]

Yeah I tasted a drop to see what it was like, and I made DH too because it grossed him out, LOL. It's sweet.