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 *********************************************** To temporarily stop your subscription: set lactnet nomail To start it again: set lactnet mail (or digest) To unsubscribe: unsubscribe lactnet All commands go to [log in to unmask] The LACTNET mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software together with L-Soft's LSMTP(R) mailer for lightning fast mail delivery. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html