Hi! I just rec'd this in response to something I posted elsewhere, saw
the ? on this list, and thought I would forward it! It is thanks to
Rachel H.!!
Heidi Murphy [log in to unmask]
Mom2Peyton (12-20-94)
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Date: Sun, 26 May 1996 19:23:56 GMT
From: J. Rachael Hamlet <[log in to unmask]>
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Subject: Re: Plastic Bags for Storing Breast Milk
L. Arnold, Storage Containers for Human Milk: An Issue Revisited, in the
December 1995 Journal of Human Lactation, 11(4), 1995 summarizes the most
recent research on storage of human milk. The author's recommendations were as
follows: (1) after the breast, and tinted glass bottles (because of light
damage, colored glass is superior to plain, but is not widely available), plain
glass bottles are the best option for milk storage because the cellular
components that initially adhered to the bottle walls dropped off back into the
milk solution as they did not with plastic bottles; (2) polypropylene (cloudy
hard plastic) bottles cause some loss of lactoferrin (literally "milk-iron",
the extremely well-absorbed form of iron that is found in human milk) and loss
of cellular components, but are the next best solution; (3) polyethylene bags,
such as are used in the Playtex nurser system, are the worst, with up to 60%
loss of sIgA antibodies specific for E. coli, loss of fat from adherence to
walls of bag, and loss of cellular components necessary for anti-infective
properties of human milk. Clear plastic bottles made of polycarbonate have not
been tested yet for their milk storage properties.
The author suggests that mothers could use small canning jars to store their
milk for healthy term infants, in the absence of other easily available sources
of reusable glass bottles.
J.Rachael Hamlet
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