A group of LCs, nurses, doctors, LLLLs and others are beginning  
efforts to establish a non-profit, community milk bank in the Boston  
area which will serve hospitals and families in New England. We are  
working with HMBNA and under HMBANA guidelines and we are in process  
of establishing partnerships with local and regional breastfeeding  
organizations including LLL, Mass. Breastfeeding Coalition, BACE/ 
Nursing Mothers' Council, Mass. Lactation Consultant Association, and  
others.

Establishing the Mothers' Milk Bank of New England is a multi-stage  
process. The first steps include education and creating a demand for  
banked milk . Although the first milk bank in the country was  
established here in Boston almost 100 years ago, there is little  
recent experience in Boston and most of New England using banked milk  
for NICU and other compromised babies. We are working to educate the  
medical and lay communities about the use of banked milk when  
mothers' own milk is not available.

Other immediate goals are becoming a non-profit organization and  
raising funds for education and to be able to help hospitals obtain  
banked milk from other milk banks for now.

There is much energy and excitement about the emerging Mothers' Milk  
Bank of New England. There is also much work to do to see it become a  
reality. Anyone who is interested in learning more and becoming  
involved, please contact me so you can be kept informed of meetings  
and progress and you can find the best way to contribute to our  
effort. Please help us spread the word, pass this message on to  
anyone else you think may be interested.

Looking forward to hearing from many of you and to sharing good news  
as we progress.


Naomi Bar-Yam

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Naomi Bar-Yam Ph.D.
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617-964-6676

Researcher, Writer, Educator
in Maternal and Child Health
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