Lactation nurse Kelsie said yesterday that if Allie bites me while nursing and breaks skin, I need to take care of the injury ASAP because baby mouths have more bacteria than dogs’ mouths and I’d be at risk for an infection. Usually, just cleansing and rubbing some expressed milk around the area will do. This is because breastmilk is antibacterial thanks to something in there called [something she said but that I don’t remember], which are cells that go around actually eating bacteria. I immediately thought that would be a very cool thing to see under the microscope. They should’ve shown a documentary video clip of that in my pregnancy breastfeeding class. That would’ve been so interesting.
And then I thought, what if this bacteria-eating cell were pitted against a flesh-eating bacteria? Who would win? They are each others’ food source. Has anyone in the medical research profession actually tested this? Maybe the cure for a necrotizing soft tissue infection is to just dunk the patient in a vat of breast milk. Or maybe have lactating women stand around and aim and spray.

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