Keira Williams is milking motherhood for all it’s worth. The money-making mama is among the rising number of postnatal parents vending their natural nectar by the ounce, allowing them to pocket a tidy profit of as much as $1,000 a day. While their breast milk is typically destined for other moms in need, there’s another surprising thirsty subgroup of buyers willing to pay big bucks: bodybuilders. Looking to bulk up by gulping down the nutritious liquid gold as a pre-workout shot, bodybuilders will pay dearly to get their hands on the stuff. Williams revealed that she made $800 in one day selling her breast milk on Facebook. The 31-year-old mother of one, who lives in Atlanta, began hawking her oversupply as a lucrative side hustle in mid-May and has since sold over 3,500 ounces of the life-sustaining liquid. The going rate for other mothers is a reasonable 50¢ per ounce, but for bodybuilders the cost shoots up 400%, selling for $2 per ounce. Long hailed as a “super food” of sorts, breast milk is chock-full of nutrients, such as Vitamins A, B6, B12 and D, as well as calcium, copper, folate, iron and zinc. Whether it’s the babies-only bargain or the bodybuilder big bucks, the boob juice business is a total cash cow.
