Surplus breast milk on offer via HM4HB in New Zealand

Feature on HM4HB network in New Zealand; notes the country is without formal milk banks.

Surplus breast milk on offer: Surplus breast milk on offer

November 24, 2011

Just because you can’t breast feed your baby, doesn’t mean your baby can’t have breast milk, an Ashburton mother says.

The new mum, who wants to be known as just Kirsty, has a three week old baby and has been storing surplus breast milk as part of the Human Milk 4 Human Babies network.

About the SPIN Program: Supporting Premature Infant Nutrition at UC San Diego Health System

The UC San Diego Health System is to be applauded for placing its materials for health professional and parents used to support premature infant nutrition. Everything from NICU staff resources such as feeding tables, lactation support letters, donor milk consent forms, to resources used to support parents, are available for modification and use by other facilities.

About the SPIN Program: Supporting Premature Infant Nutrition at UC San Diego Health System: About the SPIN Program

Our Mission
To create a Center of Excellence in neonatal nutrition focused on the provision, analysis, and research of human milk to improve nutritional and neurodevelopmental outcomes in preterm babies
Our Resources
We provide resources to both parents and NICU staff, available for downloading and printing from this website. Other hospitals are welcome to use or adapt these materials.