Hello to all,

This conversation about the risks in human donor milk makes me feel very sad!  I guess milk from a woman you know isn't necessarily better for a baby than milk from cows you've never met!

I'm wondering if there exists a comprehensive list of what, exactly, a donor should be tested for.  I would love to be able to provide this list to a mother who is considering using the milk of a known donor.  Even better would be if this list came from a resource a mother could cite for her doctors.  I've seen some lists here of the obvious things -- HIV, Hepatitis, now CMV, I'd love to read more about HPV and its transmission (or not) in human milk...I'm beginning my study for the IBCLC exam this coming summer so I've got a budget for books and resources, I wouldn't mind being pointed in the direction of something that details human milk and infectious disease.

Thanks so much, as always, I learn such an incredible amount from those of you on this list.

--Diana in NY (LLLL, mom of 3, hopeful IBCLC in 2009)

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