Mothers here who donate milk are tested for all the known viral infectious diseases just as blood donors are, and women who are CMV carriers are not accepted as donors. A CMV-positive mother of a baby in our NICU would be able to give the baby her own milk without question (unless it was a micropremie, maybe?) as they don't test the milk pumped by mothers for their own babies. The milk is also monitored for bacterial contamination, in each and every batch. I don't know what the limits are for what can be given to the babies, and I think it may be different for the term or near-term babies compared to the prematures. And now, a news break: yesterday a mother had triplets at my hospital, by elective CS in week 36. 3 babies born 030303 weighing about 14 pounds, put together. I expect from what she has said earlier that they will be exclusively breastfed before long; they are getting donor milk as needed now, and none of them are in the weight category that would get fortifier in the milk. This was the lead story in today's paper. I live in a small town where nothing much happens! cheers Rachel Myr Norway *********************************************** To temporarily stop your subscription: set lactnet nomail To start it again: set lactnet mail (or digest) To unsubscribe: unsubscribe lactnet All commands go to [log in to unmask] The LACTNET mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software together with L-Soft's LSMTP(TM) mailer for lightning fast mail delivery. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html