Here is an update on the mom whose normally whitish expressed milk developed a bright pink color after being refrigerated…..

Lab results on the mother's expressed breast milk culture was negative for pathogenic bacteria. Baby’s mouth culture came back with two bacteria identified:  Prevotella and enterobacter cloacae.  

Mother continues to pump and give expressed breast milk to her infant.  Mother is  trying to get her baby to latch; so far, without success.  

Mother has cleaned and bagged the electric pump (borrowed from a friend) which she had been using when her milk was turning pink.  She did this as a precaution,  in case there was some contamination harbored in the pump.  She is now using an Ameda Elite pump, on loan from WIC.   Mom and baby are well, without symptoms of illness.  

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