My wife breastfed, mostly, until the kids grew out of it, or a couple grew too...'toothy', and we did some formula feeding. I think in some circles the advantages of breastfeeding are overstated - sure, it's 'better' - but there are a lot of other variables in a child's life that are important too. I don't have any data to back this up, but my suspicion is that 'bottling' and reselling breastmilk isn't worth the hassle - I suspect that at least some, if not most, of the benefits of breastfeeding are due to the closeness and 'naturalness' of mother and child being together, not of the specific composition of the milk itself.
From the other side, I've tasted it a few times (hey, I have a breast fetish and four kids). IMHO, "it" is...interesting. Very sweet, almost cloyingly so. An interesting experience, but not one that I obsess about or have any fetish for.
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