A milk banking person saying how dirty and dangerous informal milk sharing
is.... sigh...Jack Newman is quoted with similar sentiments in the same
article. Very unhelpful and fits right in with the pervasive viewpoint that
breastfeeding and breastmilk is icky, dangerous stuff that should be kept
hidden- part of the reason why breastfeeding in public is so unacceptable
and why working mums get such grief about their expressed breastmilk from
their colleagues and from the carers of their infants. Shame! Shame!
Karleen Gribble
Australia

http://www.thestar.com/living/article/898077--breast-milk-banks-latch-on-to-
social-media

However, the society does not endorse informal milk sharing. "I think it's
dangerous," says Dr. Sharon Unger, a neonatologist at Mount Sinai Hospital.
"I completely understand why women do it, but you really don't know what
you're getting . . . it's very unsafe."

Unger is spearheading an initiative to set up a Toronto milk bank, but says
it's still a few years away - pending more research and funding - and will
initially make sick babies its priority.

 


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