Karleen Gribble <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > I think that it's a case of managing risks, both of contaminated infant > formula and infected breast milk. In both instances there are ways of > lowering the risk and it is generally, but not always, parents who decide > which risks they are prepared to take and what measures they are prepared to > take to lower risk. Exactly. Every mother who is sexually active is taking a risk every day by breastfeeding her _own_ infant. Who is to say that her partner hasn't gotten infected, and infected her, even if they've been tested in the past? I don't see the risk of non-commercial known-donor milk any differently. Of course, now we need the legal structures to recognise that it is the parent who accepts that informed risk - and policies forbidding health care worker involvement are not exactly going to help that along. Lara Hopkins MBBS, etc. *********************************************** Archives: http://community.lsoft.com/archives/LACTNET.html To reach list owners: [log in to unmask] Mail all list management commands to: [log in to unmask] COMMANDS: 1. To temporarily stop your subscription write in the body of an email: set lactnet nomail 2. To start it again: set lactnet mail 3. To unsubscribe: unsubscribe lactnet 4. To get a comprehensive list of rules and directions: get lactnet welcome