I think I was contacted about this issue when it first came up. My response
was to heat treat the mother's breast milk or obtain donor milk from a milk
bank. Heat treating this mother's milk is not out of the question, it is
simply a question or option that people frequently forget in their reaction to
this problem.

Health agencies are so quick to push formula that they overlook easier and
healthier alternatives. I wonder if they have even bothered to test the
mother's milk!! Just because a mother is HIV positive does not mean her baby
cannot have human milk.

Marsha Walker, RN, IBCLC
Weston, Massachusetts