Hear, Hear, Jodine! I love the idea of breastmilk for servicewomen's babies. I wonder if the savings of not needing to screen and culture the mother's own milk would make up for the higher cost of transport from the site of deployment. That is a GREAT idea to pay lactating mothers (especially bereaved mothers, to allude to another recent post!) to nurse orphaned babies. We have the resources (money, or better yet, food and water for them and their children) they need, and they have the resource (fresh milk with the appropriate antibodies) that the humanitarian mission needs. Ruth Piatak La Leche League of Pearland, Texas Date: Thu, 4 Feb 2010 06:25:09 -0700 From: Jodine Chase <[log in to unmask]> Subject: Re: Haiti: Reservist Gives Breastmilk to Babies Maybe we should be holding breast milk drives for the infants of US armed forces personnel who have been shipped out while they are still breastfeeding. Oh, and while I'm at it, with all the Haitians who can't find work, perhaps we should collect $$ for a fund to pay lactating Haitian mothers to wet nurse orphaned babies? -- Jodine Chase Feeling feisty this morning. *********************************************** Archives: http://community.lsoft.com/archives/LACTNET.html To reach list owners: [log in to unmask] Mail all list management commands to: [log in to unmask] COMMANDS: 1. To temporarily stop your subscription write in the body of an email: set lactnet nomail 2. To start it again: set lactnet mail 3. To unsubscribe: unsubscribe lactnet 4. To get a comprehensive list of rules and directions: get lactnet welcome