Nurse rents out her breasts to gay parents who want their babies to feed naturally

French mother, 29, places advert online offering breast-feeding services

Classified ad is aimed at gay couples who can now marry and adopt children

The nurse charges €20 an hour or €100 for a full day of breast-feeding



A French mother is offering to hire out her breasts to gay couples are unable to breast-feed their own babies.



The 29-year-old nurse is advertising her services as a health benefit to newborns - and demands €20 (£17) an hour for the feeding sessions.



And while her unorthodox offer may seem like a practical joke, she insists she is deadly serious and demands that any potential customers must be too.



Service: A French woman is hiring out her breasts to the parents of newborn babies (picture posed by models)

The classified advert was posted on e-loue, a website offering goods and services for rent, by a user calling herself 'cecilia232' who lives in the Parisian suburb of Boulogne.



It reads: 'I am a young mother in good health, a trained nurse aged 29, and I am renting my breasts to suckle newborns. In one day, I can offer your baby up to a dozen feeds.

'Gay male couples do not have a chance to breast-feed their babies - however, breast-feeding helps improve babies' health. Mother's milk provides comprehensive nourishment.



'Contact me through this site - those who are not serious should stay away.'



She is charging €100 for a full day of feeding, or €500 for a week's nursing.



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The bizarre offer comes in the wake of widespread controversy in France over the legalisation of same-sex marriage and gay adoption.



Francois Hollande's Socialist government passed a gay-rights bill last year, but was met by opposition from traditionalists.



The new law came into effect earlier this year, offering the chance of a lucrative new market for those involved in the business of weddings and childbirth - an opportunity eagerly seized by 'cecilia232'.



Although some may be sceptical as to the sincerity of her advert, e-loue told French website Terrafemina that they had contacted her and ascertained that she was not joking.



Apparently she has already received two requests for her services.

Wet-nursing, the practice of mothers handing their babies over to other women for breast-feeding, used to be relatively common, particularly among wealthy families.