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Professional breast feeders

They are re-emerging in China:

The case of a poor mother from the Chinese countryside hired to breastfeed an affluent city-dweller’s baby has stoked controversy over the ethics of the ancient practice of wet nursing.

Professional wet nurses have appeared in major cities across China, the Beijing News reported on Wednesday, fueled by rising incomes and a demand for healthy milk.

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