‘My dad drinks my breast milk’

A new mum is expressing her breast milk for her own dad to drink in his morning coffee.

Jill Turner, 30, from Rugby, Warwickshire, is doing her breast to help cancer-stricken dad, Fred Whitelaw, 64, beat the disease.

Desperate to help in any way she could, Jill came across research that suggested human breast milk may help kill off cancerous cells.

And, after recently giving birth to her son Llewyn, in October, Jill began to express more milk than needed in order to supply Fred with a daily dosage.

Despite being hesitant at first, Fred, who is now retired, realised he had nothing to lose and decided to add it to his coffee in a bid to help him beat the disease.

The new mum is now encouraging others to see the benefits of breast milk.

Jill, an admin assistant for the NHS in the UK, said, “I was devastated when I found out about my dad’s diagnosis, I wanted to help him in any way I could and that’s when I started to give him my breast milk.

“I was researching online when I came across an article for alternative uses for breast milk.

“Since then my husband, Kyle, 30, has used it on his eczema and we have also used it on Llewyn’s conjunctivitis.

Jill adds that it’s been a month since she’s convinced her father to try it too, and while they are unsure if it’s helped yet, he will be undergoing tests in the coming weeks.

“Everyone has been really supportive, my mum even bought us a table top fridge that we keep in the kitchen and anything in there is for my dad.

“He doesn’t drink it on its own though, for now he has it in coffee but I’m hoping he will also have it in his porridge if I can express enough.

“I just want to do anything that I can to help and I don’t see the problem in giving my dad something that is natural.”

Fred was diagnosed with bowel cancer in 2015 but despite given the all clear, it returned last April.

“No matter what he has thrown at him he never gives up, nothing seems to stop him,” Jill said.

- With additional reporting by Caters News

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