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Just went to a conference about donor human milk and that is true. They do not accept donations of milk when the mother is on medications or herbal supplements. Although it may be fine for the milk to contain small amounts of these substances for a healthy, full-term infant, the same cannot be said for a 25 week preterm infant. That is who they are preparing the milk for. Among other things, fenugreek can lower a person's platelet count. This could be dangerous for a preterm infant. It's one of the reasons that I cringe everytime a new mother tells me she's already taking these herbal supplements "just in case." Even when there are no risk factors for low milk supply. It just stems from the complete lack of confidence women have about their body's ability to produce milk. Any substance we ingest can have the potential for side effects, even herbal or homeopathic remedies.
An exception regarding that rule is that they will normally take any donor milk after a fetal demise. If it is unusuable for donation to preterm infants, they will use it in medical research.
Tricia Shamblin, RN, IBCLC
Date: Sun, 22 Nov 2015 10:19:43 -0500
From: germaine lambergs <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: galactogogues and donor breast milk
Can anyone direct me to where i can find information on the
use of
galactogogues and donating human breast milk to a milk bank.
I was informed
that the milk bank will not accept the milk if mother's have
used these
products. I have the latest guidelines on human milk banking
but can not
find that information. thank you so much , Germaine
Lambergs
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