Hi Jacquie,
Thanks. I am very much enjoying analysing the results of this study. I  
agree that it is interesting to consider the potential costs and  
benefits of information sharing in milk donation. Much of the practice  
and history of milk banking is drawn from organ donation and there are  
some pretty good reasons for maintaining anonymity in such donations  
but I wonder whether all of this is necessarily applicable to milk  
donation?? Perhaps some of the other milk banking people here might  
share. One of the other very interesting findings of the study is that  
there is a group of people for whom the anonymity of banked donor milk  
makes it a very risky proposition and that is for Muslim families.  
They express a need to know who the donor is in order to protect their  
child from future inappropriate relationships because of the belief  
that sharing milk creates a familial relationship.
My study is focused on peer-to-peer milk sharing but I expect that  
there will be useful information and insight for milk banks.
Karleen Gribble
Australia


Quoting Jacquie Nutt <[log in to unmask]>:

> Karleen
>
> How fascinating about your study into milk-sharing.
>
> I hadn't quite put it all together, but you are right, the mothers are
> usually very keen to know where their milk goes.  It certainly is not
> practical in most cases to put donors in touch with the recipients, and
> perhaps it may not always be desirable (confidentiality reasons?).
>

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