Nancy wrote:

<<<"I just felt like I had to add my two cents....I'm just really sad
that I
couldn't breastfed, but it probably turned out for the best.  Janie had
to
have a lot of stuff added to her feedings...for a while I pumped
breastmilk
for her, but then the doctors told me that a speicalized formula for
kids
with kidney failure would be better for her.  I was crushed.  When then
when we started looking into a transplant for Janie, I had doctors
telling
me that if I had breastfed it was likely that Janie could not get a
kidney from me.  I lucked out, apparently the little milk she did get
didn't
effect her immune system enough to reject my kidney.

Just wanted to let others know that sometimes breatfeeding isn't the
best
thing for your child...">>>

I remember there was a big media issue here, about the bull Herman who
was genetically transformed, so that his female descendents could
produce milk that contained the human lactoferrin, that can be found in
hunam milk..

The media rumour was even bigger when the journalists found out that
-against the wishes of the government- the formula producer Nutricia was
involved in this. Nutricia said they were interested in this genetically
transformed milk, bc they are making special diets for ill people. The
cow's milk containing lactoferrin could especially be helpfull for
kidney patients.

so, maybe the above mentioned docters prescribed such special formula
containing human lactoferrin?

why not just set up human milk banks for those kidney patients?
--
Annelies Bon               http://www.flnet.nl/~0bon01/bfbronnen.html
mother of Dirk 7yo, Tom 5yo, Pieter 22mo
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bf counsellor in training of the Dutch bf org "Borstvoeding Natuurlijk"