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What would you do if you caught someone else drinking your breast milk?

Chances are it's a question you've never asked yourself, probably because it makes you feel a little...odd.

Full of antibacterial and antiviral properties and containing all the nutrients infants need, breast milk is wonderful stuff indeed. But it's not really for adults , is it?

So imagine one mum's reaction when she discovered her NANNY was helping herself to her lovingly-pumped supply intended for her baby.

Lin, who identified herself only by her surname, is mum to a two-year-old son and a one-month old daughter.

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Based in Taiwan, the 27-year-old mum hired a 58-year-old nanny to assist her through her one-month "confinement" period, which is a traditional Chinese practice where new mothers don't leave the house after birth, the New York Post reports.

It was all going well - until she caught the nanny in the act.

Rather than get angry, however, Lin demonstrated an almost saintly level of patience and restraint.

She simply asked the nanny to refrain from drinking her breast milk, adding if there was milk leftover in the bottle, the nanny should give it to her to toddler.

This should have been the end of it - but it wasn't.

Instead of a line being drawn under all of the awkwardness, Lin noticed how the milk was disappearing surprisingly quickly.

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One quick check of her home's CCTV footage showed, yep, the nanny.

Although the nanny was aware of the cameras in the house and moved out of range, Lin explained she saw her go behind the refrigerator door to drink the milk herself.

When confronted, the nanny admitted she had been helping herself to Lin's breastmilk.

Not only that, but she told Lin she'd "only drunk a little" and - wait for it - that Lin was stingy and mean for not sharing.

Apparently previous employers had let her take home leftover breast milk.

Unsure of what to do, Lin brought up the breast milk drinking with the social welfare department, but they explained while the nanny's actions were unprofessional, they didn't count as misconduct.

In the end Lin fired her, and the nanny's rejoinder was "she didn't want to work for her anyway". Now she works in a reception class, which is probably a breast milk-free zone.