Hi Tricia,
I've written a couple of papers to help health professionals dealing with just this. A paper on ethics and milk sharing is here http://www.clinicallactation.org/sites/default/files/articlepdf/gribble%20ethics%20milk%20sharing.pdf and a paper on risks is here http://www.amj.net.au/index.php?journal=AMJ&page=article&op=viewFile&path%5B0%5D=1222&path%5B1%5D=933
Unfortunately, banked donor milk is usually not available to families whose infant is relatively healthy.
Karleen Gribble
Australia
On 18/02/2014, at 2:08 AM, Tricia Shamblin wrote:

> Hello all,
> I was wondering if anyone has information for patients wanting to use donor human milk from friends. What does everyone think? I'm sure ILCA probably has a policy. My opinion is that they should be using a human milk bank, but I keep running across people who want to use milk donated from friends. I can understand that for some people using a milk bank can be cost prohibitive at $18 per 4 oz bottle, but I just feel like its not a good idea. To cover myself for liability reasons, I always give them a speech about things that can potentially transmit through breastmilk and recommend using a milk bank, but then it's there choice. Would love to hear what others think, or their experiences with this.
> 
> Tricia Shamblin, RN, IBCLC
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