> 
> 
>> yes, it is 205 Canadian….and there are more than 20 excellent presentations, including Roy Philip re breastmilk and premature babies.  We all know the science is there re morbidity rates for babies fed with artificial substitutes v. human milk.   In any case, here is a link to just one article 
http://www.internationalbreastfeedingjournal.com/content/6/1/8 
but I will make no attempts to change your mind or send you all the evidence of the importance of breastmilk or the risks of formula feeding, etc.  I'm fine with agreeing to disagree!
Best Wishes and Happy Mother's Day :-)
> 
> 
>> …just thinking that strawberries are at least still strawberries, whether they are fresh, frozen or dehydrated.  Formula is not even close to human milk.
> And pasteurised human milk from a bottle isn't that close to 
> breastfeeding.  There's a significant reduction in immune factors (see 
> http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3009567/?tool=pubmed), and 
> the suckling mechanism is entirely different.  We have very limited data 
> on how that may affect outcomes.  The rather limited data we do have 
> suggests that it probably isn't significantly better than formula in 
> terms of risk of infection (see 
> http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/116/2/400.abstract).  I 
> just don't see how it can possibly be valid to assume, in the absence of 
> considerably more research into the matter, that donor milk must be so 
> far superior to formula that we should be going to any lengths to 
> provide it instead.
> 
>>  Re risk--if there are any doubts about weighing risks of human milk sharing v. formula, please tune into James Akre (of the WHO) and his presentation at GOLD 2012 for his thoroughly researched presentation in support of human milk sharing.
>> 
> It's $205 to gain access.  I'm happy for you to pass on any figures or 
> cites of his.
> 
> 
> Best wishes,
> 
> Dr Sarah Vaughan
> MBChB MRCGP
> 
>    

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