Today, I was at work and a lady came in with a cake - I work as a nurse in a pediatrics ward. While we were eating the cake, she told us she used her breast milk instead of normal milk. Now all of us nurses have to be tested. FML
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Halloween
A failed costume, stolen candy and a very real scare: Halloween, the one night when fear is allowed.
Today, at work, I was taking a woman's measurements while she held her screaming baby. To silence the infant, she whipped out her breast right there and started feeding him. Moments later, he puked breast milk all over my desk. FML
Today, I ate some amazing homemade brownies that my best friend's wife made for us. She waited till I'd shoved a third one into my mouth before she mentioned she made them with breast milk. Knowing her, I don't even doubt it was true. FML
Today, a coworker left a chocolate cake on the "free food" table in the office. I had a slice. She's just called to ask if she left her grandmother's birthday cake at work. She made it from scratch. Now I'm baking a new cake in the office kitchen. FML
Today, there was a big cake at the office. I thought it was funny to pretend to push the cute girl in the office into it. She laughed, but then lost her balance and fell forward. Everyone saw. Turns out she’s allergic to coconut, even just the shavings on a cake, and had to go to the hospital. FML
Today, to make a good impression, I brought in homemade blueberry muffins for my newish coworkers. Everyone loved them, up until the guy with a nut allergy had to be rushed to the hospital. Turns out my almond milk wasn’t as "nut-free" as I thought. Welcome to the team! FML
Today, I found out my mom put breast milk in my cereal until I was 7 years old. FML
Today, I caught my pregnant wife trying to suck milk from her breasts. FML
Today, I went to the doctor because recently I've had a white liquid coming from my breast. I found out it's milk. I'm not pregnant. FML
Today, my mother in-law made dessert. It was a beautiful chocolate cake, chocolate cookies, and every other thing had chocolate in it. I'm deathly allergic to chocolate and she knows this. FML
Today, I left something in my boss's office. The door was closed which usually means she isn't in there, so I asked her coworker/friend for the key. When I opened the door, she screamed at me to get out of there. Turns out, she has just stopped breastfeeding her son and was pumping her breasts. FML
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Hippo_Holiday 19
That is disgusting, why would she do that?! Does she think she's making pornography? That is not acceptable even to the lowest of standards!
kidcool97 4
testing is standard in all hospitals anytime they come in contact with bodily fluids
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azouwa 26
Comment moderated for rule-breaking.
This is why we don't eat things made by visitors. lol YDI. Sorry.
OrchidKitten 21
Unless it's stated somewhere in the hospital, a visitor can bring baked goods for hospital staff. The nurses who ate the cake don't deserve to be tested for diseases, but the lady deserves to be sued and/or fined for making the nurses have to be tested.
mike3775 39
This is exactly why I never eat anything from anyone I do not know. Where I work, people are always offering me stuff for helping them, I kindly refuse them.
azouwa 26
Exactly. After 17 years in the medical field I've learned to kindly accept small things like food. If it isn't prepackaged I throw it away after the visitor leaves.
Jade Lehto 13
"nurses who ate the cake don't deserve to be tested for diseases..." What planet am I on?! I don't even have the words to describe how... ffffs
Hippo_Holiday 19
That is disgusting, why would she do that?! Does she think she's making pornography? That is not acceptable even to the lowest of standards!
Hippo_Holiday 19
Even if she was making something nice, it wasn't very kind to make something people won't want put in their mouth.
Sinshine 28
While I agree that this isn't acceptable, you might want to read up on what pornography is...
CAT47LOVE 19
why is drinking the milk of our own species nasty but drinking the milk of another normal...that's nasty
rebelwithmouseyhair 18
While it's not done to put your own BM in a cake for anyone but your children, there is nothing pornographic about it. If you think there's an element of pornography in there, that says more about you than anyone else.
rebelwithmouseyhair 18
While it's not done to put your own BM in a cake for anyone but your children, there is nothing pornographic about it. If you think there's an element of pornography in there, that says more about you than anyone else.
Dunnsparce 6
tested for what
Tumaco1963 19
The OP will likely say HIV. While HIV is transmittable through breastmilk, it would immediately "die" in the baking process. I call BS.
Dunnsparce 6
is there anything that can survive a 400+° oven
azouwa 26
There are many diseases the human body can carry and pass on thru breast milk. HIV is only 1. But you're right, it will die in the baking process.
Razell 13
Tuberculosis is what they test dairy cows for, when the milk is sold unpasteurized or from "Anti-biotic free" cows. That and Brucella (which causes spontaneous abortions in pregnant cattle).
kidcool97 4
testing is standard in all hospitals anytime they come in contact with bodily fluids
Chris Smith 9
The Krabby Patty secret ingredient!
xomby 15
Ewwww that's gross.
thehaystackerine 20
I'll take a piece.
Donut_Wizard 23
It's a trap!
Talented73 54
All of you nurses need to keep abreast of the situation. Until.you get tested you should get time off with pay. Milk it for all it's worth!
Lobby_Bee 18
DIY milk for a DIY cake, makes sense, somewhat.
RichardPencil 32
Comment moderated for rule-breaking.
Only the nurses who had a lot of cake would have to be tested, right? What if they just had a little nipple?
arioch_fml 20
Sorry Richard, but even just a nipple could be enough to spread disease, so they definitely should get tested. You wouldn't want to make a boob of yourself, and be stuck with bad mammeries of this situation in the future.
RichardPencil 32
Not sure — tit’s not my areola of expertise. To eat food from a stranger was not the breast idea — they lactate common sense!
sisoladra 20
You sir, are my hero! ? this made me laugh.
arioch_fml 20
Agreed, it's udderly unthinkable to take something like that from someone you barely know without busting out the questions first. Especially in that line of work.
yeongji 31
I work in the frontline in healthcare, so it is not uncommon to receive cards and goodies from visitors or the patients themselves. We have to use our own judgement as to whether to eat them after accepting the goods - home baked goods are likely not going to be eaten vs packaged goods where the seal is not broken. It seems to me that OP and her colleagues trusted the woman enough to eat it, and chances are they were starved and did not even think twice before digging in.