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In a message dated 9/15/2004 12:48:42 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
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I wish they had instead ran this story as an
illustration of the failure of our health system to provide screened, banked
milk for those who need it.
Dear Friends:
While the stories of mothers organizing to provide their milk for a baby
in need are sweet, they also alarm me.
Informal milk sharing is no longer safe; HIV, HTLV-1, and CMV and
possibly other viruses can be transmitted via human milk.
Can you imagine the impact on breastfeeding promotion should one baby
contract a disease as a result of this practice? I can visualize the US media
jumping on this and blowing it out of proportion..............
warmly,
Nikki Lee RN, MS, Mother of 2, IBCLC, CCE
Maternal-Child Adjunct Faculty Union Institute and University
Film Reviews Editor, Journal of Human Lactation
Support the WHO Code and the Mother-Friendly Childbirth Initiative
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