Police officer saves abandoned baby's life by whipping out a boob.

[KamaAina]

http://www.someecards.com/parenting/moms/police-officer-breastfeeds-baby/

In Colombia, Police Officer Luisa Fernanda Urrea is being hailed as a hero after she saved the life of an abandoned baby using nothing but quick thinking, compassion, and her breasts.

Urrea was called to the scene after a newborn girl was discovered in the woods, crying in the undergrowth with part of her umbilical cord still attached. The girl was starving and at risk of hypothermia after being exposed, so Urrea swaddled her. And as luck would have it, she was a new mother herself, so she generously breastfed the baby from her own milk, saving her life. Video of the heartwarming moment was uploaded to Facebook:

Urrea told local news,
I’m a new mother and I have milk, and I recognized the needs that this poor little creature had… I think any woman would have given her nourishment in the same circumstances.

It's an important reminder of what a miraculous gift breastfeeding is, even if some people insist on treating it like a shameful secret. But even the most prudish milk-shamer, who thinks that babies should only drink Gatorade and bras should be padlocked by the government, would have to agree: this cop did good. If she had been more "modest," that baby wouldn't be alive today.

They have Olive Gardens in Colombia?

[cheapdate]

1. Good story!

[tkmorris]

2. Great story but...

In what sense is that "saving her life"? Was the baby really going to die if she wasn't breastfed immediately? That seems rather unlikely, to say the least.

[Flying Squirrel]

9. My eyes could not be rolled back further into my skull.

[HeartoftheMidwest]

12. Maybe not so far fetched.

Dehydration in newborns is a serious issue.
And as the article mentioned the baby may have been hypothermic from her abandonment outdoors. Breast milk at "mom temperature" ( 98.6 degrees F, or thereabouts? ) is certainly a smart way to begin warming her internally.
Having been a nursing mom at one time, yes, it makes sense.

One could also assume that a young human abandoned does NOT have anyone to bond with; that is a serious problem with possible repercussions later in life ( emotional health is important too. )

Bravo, young policewoman, for going "above and beyond."

[eggplant]

14. Which part of "starving" did you miss?

I fully agreed with your post up to where you said "but". You should have stopped there.

[AwakeAtLast]

20. Severe dehydration most likely

If it was abandoned for a long time the child needed something quick. Thankfully this woman knew what to do.

[polly7]

26. Yes.

Infants are much more at risk. Depending upon how long she'd been there, it could have been hours/minutes until very severe complications and death.

[Arugula Latte]

3. How twisted has human civilization become where in some segments of certain societies

the most basic, primal function of a body -- feeding and keeping a baby alive -- is controversial and something to be hidden?

[Octafish]

8. Natural Order of the World.

[Uncle Joe]

13. That's the less than 1% corporate media conglomerates' propaganda handiwork, sexualize

the human body to sell any and every product under the sun which in turn warps the American Psyche in relating to the body as only being about sex.

The artificial corporate construct in too many Americans' lives has thus superseded the natural perspective.

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

24. Or, as Trump would say, "Disgusting!!!11!"

... speaking of boobs:

https://au.news.yahoo.com/a/29122318/donald-trump-calls-woman-breastfeeding-disgusting/

[Faux pas]

4. We need more like Officer Luisa Fernanda Urrea!

[CaliforniaPeggy]

5. What are the odds that the responding officer could offer such a gift?

She should be commended!

[riversedge]

6. There is no need for those words to be used in a headline. Stupid.

[MrChuck]

11. What words?

Boob?
I think "whipping" is more potentially offensive.
Don't you?

[eggplant]

16. Which words, the nouns or the verbs?

[ladyVet]

25. Adverbs! Kill them all! nt

[eggplant]

29. and their gerund sympathisers. nt

[MADem]

19. This is what passes for "journalism" nowadays. It's a great story as is, but the headline writer

felt a need to "jazz it up" by using the common and casual vernacular.

The end result is that the story appears less "valid" and more like clickbait or fluff.

In actual fact, that policewoman deserves a medal--she did a very good thing.

[riversedge]

21. These type headlines set bad examples for kids.

[MADem]

22. I agree with you, but I think we're in the "Hey you kids get off my lawn" corner.

Apparently, snark, rudeness and generalized "talk down" language is the fashion of the day. If we object, we're fuddy duddies!

[polly7]

7. She's wonderful ..... so glad for that baby Officer Urrea was the one to find her. nt.

[yuiyoshida]

10. very compasionate

[lpbk2713]

15. Something most likely they didn't cover at the Police Academy.

Instinct took over. Officer Urrea's quick thinking saved a precious life.

[passiveporcupine]

17. It's an important reminder of what a miraculous gift breastfeeding is

Grapes of Wrath!

[Joe Shlabotnik]

18. Thankfully Officer Peter Griffin was not the first responder

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[3catwoman3]

23. Compassionate and appropriate action by the...

...police officer.

Rather inappropriate title.

[Demit]

27. Awful headline. Rewritten by a male writer for "somecards" website.

The "somecards" site is referencing a Yahoo story with the more journalistic title of "Breastfeeding Police Officer Saves Abandoned Newborn’s Life." Nice story. But that headline doesn't make me think much of "somecards."

[KamaAina]

28. someecards saved my bacon at Christmas.

I didn't have time to mail one to Mom or Republican Stepdad. I went through the whole rigmarole of making a Jibjab card only to find out they wanted money. Then I remembered someecards.

[Eleanors38]

30. Good job Officer Urrea!