Air hostess breastfeeds the baby of a stranger during the flight

Coffee, tea, breast milk?

An air hostess did everything possible to help a mother who ran out of formula for her baby on Tuesday during a Philippine Airlines domestic flight.

Patrisha Organo, air hostess and mother for the first time, aged 24, offered to breastfeed the baby from abroad.

"I heard a baby cry, a cry that will make you want to do anything to help," Organo wrote in a Facebook message, accompanied by a photo of it rocking the child. "I approached the mother and asked her if everything was ok, I tried to tell her to feed her hungry child. With watery eyes, she told me that she had no more milk powder. The passengers started to look at and watch the tiny crying baby.

"I felt a pinch in my heart," she continued. "There is no formula on board. I told myself that I could only offer one thing, it was my own milk. And so I offered. "

According to Organo, the flight supervisor, Sheryl Villaflor, took the mother to a private part of the plane so that she could be present while Organo breastfed the baby.

"The baby started to root, she was so hungry," Organo wrote.

"I saw the relief on her mother's eyes. I kept feeding the baby until he got asleep. I took her back to her seat and just before leaving, the mother sincerely thanked me, "she added.

Organo, who describes herself as a breastfeeding advocate, has a 9-month-old baby at home.

The robbery made sense for Organo not only because she had been able to help one of her mothers in need, but she had also participated in a "flight check" evaluation for a new promotion.

"I was right, the robbery will be special, so special, not only because I'm qualified as an evaluator, but that I have to help," she wrote.

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) warns that the use of another mother's breast milk is risky and recommends consulting the child's health care provider first.

"Risks to the baby include exposure to infectious diseases, including HIV, chemical contaminants, such as certain illegal drugs, and a limited number of prescription drugs that may be present in breast milk, if the donor has not been adequately examined. In addition, if breast milk is not handled and stored properly, it could, like any type of milk, become contaminated and unfit for consumption, "reads on the FDA website.