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Date: | Sat, 7 Nov 1998 22:32:08 -0600 |
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You know, for years we've all said, there is no interest in human milk
because you can't make any money off of it. So I suppose it was only a
matter of time. When you think of it, it isn't a new idea. That's really
what wet nursing is all about. The truly cold part about it though is that
at least the milk used to come out of a human, and at least the baby was
embraced for a while before the nurse had to give it back. On the good
side, there may finally be funding for research into mastitis and other
conditions which limit production;)
Seriously, as someone who is interested in milk banking, I foresee problems
trying to obtain donor milk for sick babies if all the donors are tempted to
sell their milk. Donor milk costs about $2.50 an oz for a milk bank to
process. That's considerably more than twice the cost of formula.
Barbara Wilson-Clay, BSEd, IBCLC
Austin Lactation Associates, Austin, Texas
http://www.jump.net/~bwc/lactnews.html
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