A mother-of-four has left the web stunned after she revealed she ‘breastfed her husband’ to relieve the pain she felt after she forgot her milk pump at home during their vacation.
Janelle McAloon, 32, from Boston, Massachusetts, opened up about the ordeal on TikTok recently, and she explained that ‘desperate times called for desperate measures.’
She told her followers that she and her husband, Joshua, were vacationing in Puerto Rico for four days when she accidentally left her breast pump behind.
After one day of not pumping, she said her breasts felt like they ‘were on fire,’ so she decided to ask her partner to ‘help her out.’
‘You know the part in your marriage vows, “For better or for worse?” Well, I had to take my husband up on that this last week,’ she said in the video, which has now been viewed more than 188,000 times.
A mother-of-four has left the web stunned after she revealed she ‘breastfed her husband’ to relieve the pain she felt after she forgot her milk pump at home during their vacation
Janelle McAloon, 32, from Boston, Massachusetts, opened up about the ordeal on TikTok recently, and she explained that ‘desperate times called for desperate measures’
She told her followers that she and her husband, Joshua, were vacationing in Puerto Rico for four days when she accidentally left her breast pump behind
‘We were in Puerto Rico, and as you know, I’m breastfeeding, and I forgot to pack my pump for whatever reason.
‘My boobs are on fire. By the first day, I’m like, “Josh, I need you to help me out.” And that’s what we did. I’m here to tell you, I had to breastfeed my husband.’
‘The awkwardness was real,’ she captioned the post.
While some were horrified over Janelle’s admission, others theorized that Josh likely enjoyed the task – and some even said they were jealous of him.
‘Probably the best vacation ever for your husband,’ wrote one person.
‘I bet that job must have been so tough for him,’ another added, while someone else said, ‘I wouldn’t say that was a bad thing…. In fact one my conclude that was the for better part of the marriage.’
‘It’s hard to see other men living out your dream,’ joked a different user.
A fifth comment read, ‘Every man’s dream.’
After one day of not pumping, she said her breasts felt like they ‘were on fire,’ so she decided to ask her partner to ‘help her out.’ The couple is seen with their four kids
‘You know the part in your marriage vows, “Or better or for worse?” Well, I had to take my husband up on that this last week,’ she said in the video
While some were horrified over Janelle’s admission, others theorized that Josh likely enjoyed the task – and some even said they were jealous of him
In a separate video, Janelle went viral after she tricked her husband into drinking some of her breast milk during a blind taste test for him.
She had him drink oat milk, whole milk, almond milk, and breast milk without him seeing which was which, and asked him to try to figure out what each substance was.
When he got to the breast milk, he scrunched his face up with disgust immediately – but he then went for a second sip.
‘That’s your breast milk,’ he said. ‘I’m positive.’
Janelle has also gotten attention online in the past for revealing that she often breastfeeds her sister-in-law, Lisa McAloon’s baby, after Lisa began struggling with milk supply issues.
During an interview with Truly in November, Janelle said ‘it wasn’t even a question’ for her to ‘step in help’ her sister-in-law, following the birth of her son, Callum.
In a separate video, Janelle went viral after she tricked her husband into drinking some of her breast milk during a blind taste test for him
She had him drink oat milk, whole milk, almond milk, and breast milk without him seeing which was which, and asked him to try to figure out what each substance was
When he got to the breast milk, he scrunched his face up with disgust immediately – but he then went for a second sip. ‘That’s your breast milk,’ he said. ‘I’m positive’
‘I love breastfeeding, it’s such a great bonding experience with the mom and the baby,’ she gushed at the time.
‘It’s something that always came really easy for me. I enjoy doing it, and I don’t think it’s weird.’
The idea for Janelle to breastfeed Callum came one afternoon, when the sisters were hanging out and Janelle, who welcomed her daughter Georgia six months before Callum, noticed that Lisa had no milk left, but that Callum was ‘crying’ because he was ‘still hungry.’
‘Janelle was like, “Let me try.” I was like, “Are you sure?” She was like, “I have plenty of milk, let me just try,”‘ recalled Lisa.
‘So she put him on his breast and he was soothed and happy. She breastfed him and as soon as she was done he was as happy as could be.’
Janelle then decided to post a TikTok video about their situation in an attempt to ‘shed some light on breastfeeding’ and end the ‘different stigmas around it,’ however, the sisters soon started to receive a lot of backlash.
Janelle has also gotten attention online in the past for revealing that she often breastfeeds her sister-in-law, Lisa McAloon’s baby, after Lisa began struggling with milk supply issues
During an interview with Truly in November, Janelle responded to people who called it ‘disgusting,’ stating, ‘Is it disgusting when you’re drinking cow’s milk?’
Lisa added: ‘This is my sister-in-law, who I 100 per cent trust. Janelle gives him great nutrients, keeps him from going hungry, and keeps him healthy and happy. I was lucky I had Janelle’
Some people called it ‘disgusting,’ while others said they ‘would not be comfortable with their child being fed by someone else.’
‘To each their own, obviously not everyone’s going to have the same opinion as us,’ Janelle told Truly, while discussing the negative comments they have received.
‘But why is it disgusting? Is it disgusting when you’re drinking cow’s milk? You don’t know where that cow’s been.’
Lisa added: ‘It feels like in the hateful comments, people are thinking I’m just walking up the street and finding a random person and saying, “Here, feed my baby.” No, this is my sister-in-law, who I 100 per cent trust.
‘I let Janelle breastfeed my child to help [him], to give him great nutrients, to keep him from going hungry, and to keep him healthy and happy. I was lucky that I had Janelle.’
Janelle’s partner, Josh, added at the time that he thought it was an ‘incredibly natural’ and ‘amazing’ thing.
‘I love it. I think it’s really cool,’ he said. ‘Online, people get really weird about stuff like that but it’s incredibly natural, I think it’s an amazing thing.’
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