Mum's breast milk photo after vaccinations goes viral

A mum has gone viral after a striking before-and-after breast milk photo took social media by storm, and divided opinion far and wide.

The UK mum took to Facebook to share a remarkable photo showing the change in her breast milk after her daughter’s vaccinations.

The image shows a fairly normal-looking bottle sitting next to a bottle of greenish blue milk.

The mum says the milk turned blue just two days after the shots were administered, writing, “Nancy had her 1 year injections on Tuesday afternoon, the ‘normal’ colour milk is from the day before she had them, the ‘blue’ colour milk is from today - 2 days after she had them.”

“It’s blue from all the antibodies my body is producing as it thinks she’s sick with what she was vaccinated against!” she said.

According to the Australian Breastfeeding Association, breast milk can regularly change colours for a variety of reasons, although response to vaccination is not specifically mentioned.

The Association explains that green breast milk is most likely linked to dietary changes, such as eating dark green foodstuffs, but the mum has excluded that as a possible reason.

This is a theory backed up by Dr. Andrew Pesce, an obstetrician who told the Daily Mail, “There is no mechanism by which a woman's body can detect an immune response”.

However the mum has refuted that claim, saying her diet wouldn’t have led to a colour change.

“My milk isn’t this colour from what I’ve eaten (not had anything artificially coloured/no supplements/no green vegetables), my milk is only ever this colour when my daughter has been sick...it’s never been like it when she’s be well,” she explained.

The possibility that her milk could be responding to antibodies is not beyond the realm of possibility. backed up by other experts who that , it’s certainly .

Although no specific research has proven an effect of antibodies on breast milk, a spokesperson from a breastfeeding support group told Made for Mums, “New things are being discovered about breast milk all the time, and we know that some components, and the way they interact with the baby, have yet to be discovered.”

The post has been liked over 12,000 times, and attracted thousands of comments.

Regardless of the reasons behind the change, the post has been celebrated for promoting late-term breastfeeding.

“Yes! So many women get shamed for breastfeeding past 12 months!” one woman commented.

One woman described the post as, “a great big hug of solidarity for all of the mamas out there feeding to natural term”.

“Wow women’s bodies,” said another user.

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