Dear Friends:
    Awesome post, Susan. I love hearing the details of your experience!
    There are plenty of babies in the US that need human milk; an effort to
collect, store and ship human to another country, while nobly-intentioned, is
but one of several ways to proceed.
    Research shows that exclusive breastfeeding is worth it in some countries
for babies whose mothers are HIV+; Coutsoudis research has been replicated.
If we can add Vitamin A sources to diets along with human milk, that will be
also a good thing to do. Vitamin A from sweet potatoes and yams would be
possible, no?
    I heard once that 33 babies died each day from HIV, while 333 babies a
day die of unsafe alternative feeding methods..............
    warmly,

Nikki Lee RN, MS, Mother of 2, IBCLC, CCE
Adjunct Faculty, Union Institute and University, Lactation Program
Film Reviews Editor, Journal of Human Lactation
www.breastfeedingalwaysbest.com

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