Mom pumps breast milk to serve to Burning Man attendees

Sept. 7 (UPI) -- A woman offered her breast milk to fellow attendees at Burning Man, for lattes and hangover cures.

Miki Agrawal, co-founder of "period panties" brand Thinx, shared photos of herself pumping breast milk while walking around the festival to share with other guests.

"I pumped my breasts every three hours at Burning Man and gave away most of my milk," Argawal wrote on Instagram. "Some people downed a whole four ounces hoping for a hangover cure. Some wanted it for their coffee to make lattes."

Argawal estimated that about 30 to 40 people tried her breast milk and she gave a bag to a "coffee camp."

"They had regular, soy and breast milk as the options," she said.

Argawal tried some herself, noting it tasted like sweet coconut milk, but said the experience helped her notice a lack of awareness about motherhood.

"It made me realize that most people (including me before I had Hiro) know very little about motherhood and birth and post birth and that this needs to be mandatory learning for all humans," she said. "Every human has been birthed and raised somehow and yet even the smartest people have no idea what this process looks like."

Argawal added that she believes it's time to have "a greater conversation about" why people find it uncomfortable to discuss breast pumping.

"The fact that any part of that could be seen as taboo -- why is she doing that in public, or having people try it? -- it's time that that conversation changes," she said.