Nikki, 
You are asking the right question. I have never understood the "we can't afford donor milk" argument. The question is can you afford NOT to use it?
How many more babies will we lose and how much longer to health care costs have to keep rising for long and short term health issues caused or exacerbated by ABM before human milk and breastfeeding become standard of care in NICUs and everywhere?

Naomi

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Naomi Bar-Yam Ph.D.
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Mothers' Milk Bank of New England

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