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Breastfeeding in public is not a very common sight in urban areas. Breastfeeding that of a stranger’s – a homeless woman – is simply unheard of.
Until now.
Facebook user Arjel’s Shoppee Rtw — Gina Borbor in real life — posted how she witnessed a woman come to the rescue of a hungry baby outside a shopping mall in southern Butuan City. The baby belonged to a homeless woman who appeared to be unsuccessful in breastfeeding the baby herself.
“May pulubi kasi na merong baby, ‘yung baby iyak ng iyak.. Why???? Kasi walang gatas ‘yung mama ng baby gutom na gutom na ung baby. Sobra na talaga ‘yung iyak niya,” Gina, 34, wrote in a Facebook post on June 21.
Her post has since been liked and hearted 71,000 times and shared 32,000 times.
Gina, a mother of a three-year old baby girl, was outside the shopping mall waiting for some people when she saw the mother and child. “Sinusubukan siya padedehin ng mama niya pero walang gatas ‘yung mama kaya iyak pa rin ng iyak ‘yung baby. Ang dami nang tumitingin ‘yung iba nag-aalala na kay baby (sorry baby wala akong gatas),” Gina wrote.
She mused that she would have breastfed the baby herself if only she could “kahit nasa public pa tayo.”
Fortunately, another woman’s maternal instinct kicked in. “Taod-taod naay (Maya-maya may) babaeng lumapit, akala ko kung ano na ‘yung ibibigay niyang tulong. Sinundan ko siya ng tingin kasi akala ko gusto niyang kunin ‘yung baby para tulungan or i-adopt, etc,” Gina said.
ADVERTISEMENT – CONTINUE READING BELOW“Humanap lang pala ng ma-pe-pwestuhan si ate para pa-dedehin ‘yung baby ng pulubi… in PUBLIC.”
Addressing the woman in the white shirt who breastfed the baby, Gina said, “Kung sino ka man talaga ate I #SALUTE you talaga.”
“Hindi ka nagdalawang isip padedehin ‘yung baby ng pulubi. Wala akong nakitang kaartehan sa’yo, although napaka dumi nila wala akong nakitang pinandirihan mo sila. And most important na nagawa mo, shinare mo ‘yung gatas na meron ka suwerte ng baby mo, isip nanay ka talaga.”
Speaking with SmartParenting.com.ph, Gina said she hasn’t seen the mother and child since that day. There is unconfirmed information though that other women have stepped up to breastfeed the baby as well. She’s also heard that the baby has fever and is in the care of social workers but she is unsure if the reports are true.
Asked if, in that moment, mother’s instinct kicked in, she said yes, “hindi mapigilan.”
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