Long time lurker, first time poster. I’m a mother of a 6Mo had a lot of trouble producing enough milk, even with the so called “expensive pumps” massaging, hydrating, cutting caffeine.
Eventually I had to drop it entirely (around 3+mo I forget the date)
My question is how did women produce milk in a worse environment, with less technological advances? And if they couldn’t how could the wet nurses? When did having one stop? And how did it even begin?
/u/amifufu has previously answered Before we had things like Formula, how did infants whose mother died in childbirth get the necessary nutrients that are in breastmilk?
/u/mimicofmodes has previously answered In older days let's say before infant formula was invented how did lower class/poor families tend to/feed newborns in circumstances where the birth mother died during labor and couldn't afford/ get a wet nurse.
/u/Superplaner has previously answered Before specially made baby food. How did the people of your era feed their babies?
You may be interested in the thread I will link below.