Wheeze. Thump. Squish.

Wheeze. Thump. Squish.

Tucked deep into the subconscious of one exceptional local six-year-old, those are the sounds of love.

They鈥檙e mechanical. If read quickly, they鈥檙e even a bit maniacal. But love is love, as they say.

And there鈥檚 arguably no bigger love than that of breeding-human for the creature who sprang for them, even if there鈥檚 a 99 per cent chance they entered the world looking like a mix between Winston Churchill and a gremlin. Not mine, mind you. He鈥檚 always been gorgeous.

Beauty aside, he had no ability in the category of breastfeeding in his earliest days. More likely, I didn鈥檛, but at this point, who knows? Who cares? Let鈥檚 blame the infant.

So I strapped on my outrageously expensive pump every day and night and muddled through what I believed was the right thing for the person I made. Thus, the Wheeze. Thump. Squish became his Pavlovian call to nourishment, the most basic expression of human love. It worked for me, but it wasn鈥檛 exactly the dream.

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Here鈥檚 a fun fact about being a baby-maker, it鈥檚 not totally natural for everyone. It鈥檚 kind of hard.

If you were to take an unsentimental look, you may think it鈥檚 torturous.

The Canadian Armed Forces, for example, are prohibited from using sleep deprivation as a interrogation method because it has harmful psychological effects.

If you can find a woman who sleeps more than three hours a night in those early days, I鈥檒l be impressed.

Now, I was lucky to contentedly become robomom for the creature I made. He was healthy, happy and I could meet his needs even if I was losing Zs. A recipe for success.

But if he wasn鈥檛, well, I don鈥檛 know what I鈥檇 do.

That鈥檚 why the B.C. Women鈥檚 Hospital鈥檚 Valentine鈥檚 day call for breast milk donations resonated.

It鈥檚 the only milk bank in the province and provides donor milk to the sickest babies in B.C. across NICUs.

It is also always in need of donations.

鈥淢any moms who deliver preterm babies do not produce milk right away or have enough. Studies have shown that breastmilk provides needed antibodies for babies to fight infections which is critical for preemies,鈥� said a representative from BC Women鈥檚 Hospital.

鈥淲e were thinking for Valentine鈥檚 Day, it would be a good opportunity to remind moms to give something close to the heart: mother鈥檚 milk (breastmilk).鈥�

It鈥檚 so much more valuable than any chocolate treat or useless Hallmark sentiment. It鈥檚 also a labour of love for people you may never meet 鈥� which makes it all the more more amazing that people like Natasha Brenko (story on A3) go to the effort to do it.

It鈥檚 enough to melt this robomom鈥檚 mechanical exterior, just a little bit.

So, remember on this day of love and beyond, the beauty of three little words 鈥� Wheeze. Thump. Squish.

To find out if you can help go to www.bcwomen鈥檚.ca and search 鈥渕ilk bank.鈥�