Someone wrote:

Ladies and Gentlemen-

Received and inquiry from a birth professional. What steps should a mother
take when a representative from the hospital informs her that her premature
infant was given another baby's milk?

Her OB has checked the chart of the mother who provided the milk and has
told the mother of preemie that she has a clean medical record.

To date she has been told the following:
        Attain an attorney
        Contact the local Health Dept.

Are there any other steps to be taken? She has been told that chances are
overwhelming that her baby is fine; but understandably, she is very nervous.

Response from me:  I would say that it depends on whether her preemie was
otherwise getting HER milk, or getting formula.  If her baby was getting
formula, then she should send the other mother a big bouquet of flowers and
tell her THANK YOU.  And then she should start providing her own milk for
her baby.  If she is already providing her own milk for her baby, then she
can send the other mother a smaller bouquet of flowers and tell her THANK
YOU, and offer to provide an equivalent amount of her own milk for the other
baby, to replace that which her baby used instead.

I suppose she might ask the other mother to be tested for HIV, if it would
put her mind at ease.  Forget the doctor though, and the local health
department is likely to think that formula would have been better, so . . .
.

Kathy Dettwyler

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