Hi Stacy and welcome to Lactnet. I did wonder when I saw your e-mail address on the new subscribers list today, whether you were associated with the business in the news item mentioned here yesterday, and you answered that question already, thanks! There has been some mention of Prolacta previously, but until now, no mention of any milk collection system outside of hospitals. I have some more questions and I am sure there are others on Lactnet who are interested in the answers so I am writing to you via the list. First, you didn't include your alphabet soup after your name. What are your and Kim's professional qualifications for holding classes and providing support to breastfeeding women? Next, what is the business aspect of your company? That is, how are your material operating costs and income covered, if your classes are to be provided free of charge to the women attending them? What about the donors? Are they compensated for the work of collecting milk as they are in the publicly run milk banking system here in Norway, by being provided with a hospital grade pump, containers, and a symbolic sum of money per liter of milk delivered? Can they stipulate what their milk is to be used for, for example that it is only to be used to provide food for newborns in need of human milk, and not for research leading to patenting of human milk components which could be used in production of therapeutics for adult disease? This has been a concern for some donors previously, and has been addressed by the existing human milk banking system in the US, if I am not mistaken. Hope this isn't too many questions all at once, I am really curious about this. Rachel Myr Midwife/IBCLC/member of listmother team on Lactnet Kristiansand, 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(R) mailer for lightning fast mail delivery. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html