cbc-network.org
2026-10-10
As both a mother and a perinatal nurse with extensive training in breast feeding and lactation, I find myself nauseous over the headlines I am reading regarding the assertions from an NHS Trust that milk produced through drug-induced lactation by men is just as advantageous for infants as milk from women or mothers.
Milk, or whatever substance that men produce when they take a slew of medications to validate their own lifestyle choices, is not the same as tailor-made breast milk produced by lactating women. The notion that it's even close to comparable and that we should be encouraging men to feed infants with this fake and potentially harmful substance is unethical, experimental, dangerous, and is child abuse. These "health experts" pandering this information should not be trusted.
In 2018 a case report was published as the "first formal report" of a transgender woman man feeding an adopted infant his breast milk. Of note, the article does zero comparison on this man's milk and the milk of a naturally lactating mother. Further, to achieve "milk production" in men, an androgen blockade like spironolactone is required. Spironolactone has been reported to have tumorigenic potential in rats. Further, these men need medication like domperidone, a drug used off-label as a galactagogue. Domperidone is not currently available in the United States for gastrointestinal use due to the FDA's concerns and unknown risks on infants.
This is a matter of child welfare and child rights, which both #BigFertililty and "transgender" ideology seem to pay no mind to.