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A wet nurse is a woman whose own child has usually died after child birth, but as usual she still lactates (produces milk). She is therefore employed to breast feed a child, as in the past it was seen as something a rich woman should not do herself.

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a wet nurse is some one who you hire to breastfeed your baby if u are wanting your baby to continue being breastfed but are unable to do it yourself.

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