off the wall...bear with me

Ok, so I used to be a lactation counselor, so as you can imagine, I've read lots of studies on the old "liquid gold" that is human breastmilk.

there was an anecdotal story in my student lectures of a woman who drank some breastmilk and her IBS was "cured". Probably somewhat exaggerated, but it got me to thinking about the few bags of frozen breastmilk hanging around in my deep freeze.

I was thinking, what the heck--may as well try it, right? Filed under: couldn't hurt, might help. Which is where I file most alternative/supplemental therapies.

The question being, when is the right time? Do I drink it now, when i'm trying to calm a flare? (Starting Humira as soon as I can get my hands on a TB test) Or, would I wait until after the flare is down, I get my takedown and I am in rebuild gut flora/maintenence mode? I don't have a TON of it, but maybe 6 bags or so.

(all this is assuming I can get over the very idea of drinking my own breastmilk. But everything compares to drinking a gallon of golytely. I bet I can talk myself into it)

I would probably try it when you're in a flare. You'll know if it's working that way. I might even try it before the Humira starts. That way you know if it's working or not, and you'll not wonder if it was the Humira or the milk. If you do it while in remission, you won't know if it's "cured" or not.

I'd be really interested in what happens if you decide to try this. I have tons of milk stored right now since I currently pump twice each day what my 3 month old drinks.

All that having been said, though, the milk comes from you and has your own antibodies and stuff. So it might not work. I wonder if drinking someone else's would work better? Almost like a fecal matter transplant or something?