Hi there.  I would not agree that it is just as safe to provide other
mothers' babies one's milk without precautions and testing. See "Maternal
Transmission of Infectious Pathogens in Breast Milk," CA Jones. J.
Paediatr. Child Heath (2001) 37, 576-582. Online for free at PubMed.

Kathleen

At 02:19 AM 12/9/2002 -0500, you wrote:
>And now for the madcow question.  Several friends have offered to pump
>their breastmilk for her baby, which she'd prefer over formula.  One of
>the friends was living in England during the madcow scare and can't
>donate blood.   She is, however, nursing her 4 month old.   They both
>feel that her breastmilk would be as safe for S's baby as it is for her
>own baby but mom is just looking for more information.

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