In a message dated 9/15/2004 12:48:42 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
[log in to unmask] writes:

I wish  they had instead ran this story as an
illustration of the failure of our  health system to provide screened, banked
milk for those who need  it.



Dear Friends:
    While the stories of mothers organizing to provide  their milk for a baby
in need are sweet, they also alarm me.
    Informal milk sharing is no longer safe; HIV,  HTLV-1, and CMV and
possibly other viruses can be transmitted via human  milk.
    Can you imagine the impact on breastfeeding  promotion should one baby
contract a disease as a result of this practice? I can  visualize the US media
jumping on this and blowing it out of  proportion..............
    warmly,
 Nikki Lee RN, MS, Mother of 2, IBCLC,  CCE
Maternal-Child Adjunct Faculty Union Institute and University
Film  Reviews Editor, Journal of Human Lactation
Support the WHO Code and the  Mother-Friendly Childbirth Initiative


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