I heard a troublesome report from a mom an a bulletinboard about some peds and gynecologists in eht hospital (somewhere in the Netherlands) that donated human milk is a possible health risk because the antibodies of an other woman may decrease a babies' ability to fight infections.
From the area the mom is presumably from and the type of hospital she refers to (academic teaching hospital) I fear that one of the docs is one who is known for collaborating with one of the major local formula brand manufacturers. He does lots of research that is paid for by said company. Mostly about health protective factors in infant feeding.
The mom concerming has one of the rare conditions that prevent her from breastfeeding. A nursing friend offered to share her milk, but said docs talked both mom and donor out of it and they even got a LC to support them.

Troubled greeting from hot and sunny southern Netherlands,

Gonneke, IBCLC, LLLL

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Subject: [LACTNET] Formula use and adverse health outcomes

The posts regarding formula use and NEC, specifically one brand of formula are troublesome - not just because of the outcomes but because these incidents have not been reported. All adverse outcomes related to infant formula should be reported to the FDA through its MedWatch program. This is easy to do at their website, www.fda.gov. These incidents should also be reported to the specific?formula company. A log should be kept of such adverse outcomes and discussed with NICU supervisors. Most of this is preventable by the use of banked human milk if a mother's own milk is not available. I am sure that parents are never informed that the use of infant formula raises the risk of such conditions.

These incidents should be pointed out to the Ross Products salespeople as they heavily promote their new preemie formulas. NABA has received several reports of expensive dinners being used to lure clinicians into listening to the commercial for these formulas. 





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