In a message dated 3/10/2006 12:08:45 AM Eastern Standard Time,  
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I am curious  as to whether anyone has considered the impact on a baby 
whose mother is  actively pumping to donate to a milk bank?


Dear Friends:
    Anecdotal report of two situations: a mother who  pumped every day for a 
year to give some human milk to a friend diagnosed with  inflammatory breast 
cancer at 28 weeks gestations. (The donating mother was  screened by history 
and blood tests before donating.) She reported that her own  baby got very 
protective of the other breast while she was pumping, and would  sometimes try to 
block the flange with her hand. I have heard this from another  mother as well.
    I've never heard any reports of maternal breast  problems. Mothers would 
probably quit pumping if it turned into a problem,  no?
    warmly,
 
Nikki Lee RN, MS, Mother of 2, IBCLC, CCE
Maternal-Child Adjunct  Faculty Union Institute and University
Film Reviews Editor, Journal of Human  Lactation
www.breastfeedingalwaysbest.com

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