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Janice Reynolds <[log in to unmask]>
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Tue, 11 Jan 2005 09:42:35 -0600
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Yes, they did a segment on informal milk sharing - talking about Jenn the mom with a double mastectomy who has the website feedmybaby.com. 

http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/DrJohnson/story?id=402223&page=1

More Mothers Sharing Breast Milk
Doctors Warn There Are Many Dangers in Sharing Breast Milk Purchased on the Internet

Jan. 11, 2005 - The practice of sharing breast milk is nothing new. It's been going on for centuries, dating back to the era of wet nurses. What is new is a practice in the United States in which women, often perfect strangers, are finding each other on the Internet and exchanging breast milk.


The moms at mothering.com are talking about it - if you missed it there are good summaries of the item there.
http://www.mothering.com/discussions/showthread.php?t=235694


(I will watch it when it comes on again in the west.)

Janice Reynolds
(at the beginning of the show, they interviewed a mom & 8-week-old baby who were rescued from a flooding river in CA.  She was breastfeeding through the whole interview in the hospital, but they would only show her from the shoulders up!  Diane Sawyer made her take the baby off and whole him up for the camera at the end, to show his unhappy face!)

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