Feature blog post on B.C. Women's milk bank refers to "provincial milk bank program"

Care2.com is carrying a guest blog post from James Carruthers, Director of Development, BC Women's Hospital on the donor human milk bank at B.C. Women's Hospital. Note the change in terminology - the milk bank program is now being referred to as the "Provincial Milk BAnk Program." This would be in keeping with informal remarks made at the 2012 HMBANA conference suggesting B.C. intends to expand its milk bank program province-wide.

Human Milk Banks Save Premature Babies' Lives | Care2 Causes: Human Milk Banks Save Premature Babies’ Lives
by Emily L.May 16, 20124:30 pm
NOTE: This is a guest blog post from James Carruthers, Director of Development, BC Women’s Hospital; Health Centre Foundation.
When Alison went into labor two months early, she worried about her tiny baby girl’s very survival. Adding to her worries, Alison was unable to breastfeed her daughter in the first few days of her life.
Preemies like Alison’s daughter must be fed real breast milk, donated by new moms with enough to share. Human breast milk contains the life-saving nutrition premature babies desperately need to grow strong and get better.
The Provincial Milk Bank Program at BC Women’s Hospital was a lifeline for Alison and her daughter: “My daughter was 31 weeks gestation when she was born and received donor milk in the first few days in the Newborn ICU before my milk came in. I was grateful to the women who donated and made it possible for her to get breast milk in the first few days of her life when she was so tiny and vulnerable.”... more

Hospital milk bank racism smacked down by politicians - Taipei Times

Wow, that's a new one. I hope it isn't happening elsewhere.

Hospital may accept foreigners’ milk - Taipei Times: Hospital may accept foreigners’ milk
DONOR DISCRIMINATION:DPP councilors called for a repeal of the ban on foreign milk donors at the Taipei City Hospital’s milk bank, which admitted the rule was flawed 

By Mo Yan-chih Staff reporter 

Taipei City Hospital yesterday acknowledged flaws in the regulations of its human milk bank after Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) Taipei City councilors lashed out at the hospital for rejecting the donation of breast milk from a woman from Cambodia. The hospital promised to consider revoking restrictions on donor nationality.... more

Texas now has 40 donor human milk depots!

Texas now has 40 donor human milk depots - go Texas!

State gets more breast milk depots | Lubbock Online | Lubbock Avalanche-Journal: State gets more breast milk depots
The pasteurized breast milk dispensed by the banks is specifically processed to meet the needs of fragile and sick babies.
Posted: May 27, 2012 - 10:11pm: Updated: May 28, 2012 - 12:18am
By BRITTANY HOOVER
AVALANCHE-JOURNAL
As more doctors prescribe donor human milk to feed premature and ill infants, 10 regional hospitals and clinics across Texas are helping meet the growing demand by opening milk depots in lactation centers and neonatal intensive care units....

HuffPo: Trevor MacDonald: Thank You, Facebook, For Feeding My Baby

A must read! Transgender parenting, the relative risk of feeding infant formula vs milksharing, conflict about Facebook's capacity to do good, community bonds that result in women seeking donor milk from two men with a freezer full...

Trevor MacDonald: Thank You, Facebook, For Feeding My Baby  

Huffington Post  Posted: 05/11/2012 2:00 am 

...A few years ago, before the existence of HM4HB on Facebook, our baby would have been primarily formula-fed. Ironically, for many months the social networking site has also been removing comparatively modest breastfeeding photos from members' walls due to supposed indecency. I can only say that I am left with a love-hate relationship with the Facebook empire -- it is the frame that both supports and attempts to limit our human milk sharing engine....