Dear Theresa,
I am sorry for your disgust, but as a donor of milk myself directly to
recipients, I have not yet donated to someone I had previously known.
There is a great deal of informed consent and sharing of my medical
history, environmental exposures and diet, but from there each of the
recipients rely on my credibility to provide them safe milk just as if they
were pumping the milk themselves. I will say that most of my recipients
have been adults, while I have continued to supply a special needs child
100% of her nutritional needs as well.
Many of these recipients appreciate that the milk is NOT pasteurized and
therefore offers them even more of the wonderful properties of human milk
than if it were. I think this is a matter of deciding for yourself and
your precious child, which risks you are willing to accept. I have become
very close to each one of my recipients and take very seriously the
responsibility of being a donor. At this point, I have just barely
maintained a supply sufficient enough for those in need of my milk, so not
all seeking to purchase human milk directly are doing so for perverse
reasons. Many desire the one-on-one personal relationship with their
donor, prefer their milk not to be pasteurized, or simply can't afford it
from the milk banks at this point.
Thank-you for sharing your thoughts, Theresa, as I am sure many agree with
you. I hope though, that I can allow you to see from a little different
perspective.
God Bless,
Penny Lane RN, IBCLC
Maternal & Child Health: Lactation Consulting
> [Original Message]
> From: Theresa Chmiel <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Date: 1/12/2005 12:17:53 PM
> Subject: Re: some more breastmilk up for grabs on eBay!
>
> I logged into eBay and asked the seller if she would be pastuerizing the
> fresh milk to protect my baby from possible harmful biological
contaminants.
> The other question listed was about how many ounces would be shipped with
> each order, not anything about health or a baby. So I got to thinking, I
> don't believe any right-minded mother would feed some stranger's
breastmilk
> to her baby. More likely buyers would be creepy men with a breastmilk
> fetish. I wonder if the seller has thought about this or if she cares or
if
> that is who she is really marketing to. Either way I am completely
disgusted.
>
> Theresa Chmiel
>
> On Wed, 12 Jan 2005 08:43:14 -0600, Janice Reynolds
> <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
>
>http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=5550108710&fromMakeTrack
=tr
> >
> >This listing is obviously in response to the Good Morning America item
that
> >aired this morning. The seller name is "forahealthybaby", the seller
has
> >never sold anything before, and the description lists the exact health
> >benefits that were listed in the GMA story.
> >
> >I checked the seller of the milk listed on eBay last week - that seller
had
> >sold many items other than milk, before, so I believe they were a
legitimate
> >listing.
> >
> >Janice Reynolds
> >
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