BCNG Portals Page: "Banking on mother's milk Hospital gives moms a healthy alternative
By Martin van den Hemel, Staff Reporter, Richmond Review
Dec 09 2006
New mothers in Richmond will now be able to make healthy withdrawals from a bank of donated breast milk.
For the past 30 years, B.C. Women's Milk Bank has been providing pasteurized donor milk to high risk and ill children when their moms are not able to provide enough breast milk.
"Entering into this partnership with B.C. Women's Hospital means that we, at Richmond Hospital, can offer our new moms more options and more support at a crucial time in the lives of their children," said Richmond Hospital spokesperson Viviana Zanocco.
The pasteurized milk is provided with a doctor's or a midwife's prescription. Recipients outside of B.C. Children's Hospital or B.C. Women's Hospital are charged a processing fee.
Milk is collected from donors who are healthy moms who have completed an extensive screening process and who are able to produce more milk than their babies need." (Entire article)
[Congrats to the BC Women's Milk Bank on this new partnership, a significant development as Canada's only milk bank. - JC]
Monday, December 11, 2006
Raisingkids: News - Daily Parenting News: Do epidurals affect breastfeeding?: "Do Epidurals Affect Breastfeeding? December 11 2006
Survey suggests women twice as likely to give up breastfeeding
Here's another survey statistic that seems designed to make women feel bad about their pain-relief decisions during labour. A report out by the International Breastfeeding Journal suggests that women who elect to have an epidural during childbirth end up paying for that decision with greater difficulty in breastfeeding.
The survey of 1280 women found that women who had epidurals were more likely to experience difficulty breastfeeding in the first few days after giving birth than women who didn't have an epidural. Six months on, women who'd had an epidural were much more likely to have given up on breastfeeding with only 53% still breastfeeding as opposed to 72% of women who hadn't had an epidural."...
Survey suggests women twice as likely to give up breastfeeding
Here's another survey statistic that seems designed to make women feel bad about their pain-relief decisions during labour. A report out by the International Breastfeeding Journal suggests that women who elect to have an epidural during childbirth end up paying for that decision with greater difficulty in breastfeeding.
The survey of 1280 women found that women who had epidurals were more likely to experience difficulty breastfeeding in the first few days after giving birth than women who didn't have an epidural. Six months on, women who'd had an epidural were much more likely to have given up on breastfeeding with only 53% still breastfeeding as opposed to 72% of women who hadn't had an epidural."...
Sunday, May 07, 2006
abc11tv.com: Breast Milk For Sale: "Breast Milk For Sale" By Amber Rupinta
(05/07/06 - RALEIGH) - Did you know that you can buy breast milk on the Internet? It's perfectly legal, but is it safe? Mothers, health experts and lawmakers all have opinions and many find it shocking and downright dangerous. Margie Mould runs the Mothers' Milk Bank at WakeMed and knows the risks that can come with stranger's milk. 'Babies could get very sick if they're exposed to viruses or even HIV& things like that can be passed through breast milk because it is a body fluid.' The bodily fluid often called the perfect source of nutrition for babies is now a booming business at milk banks like WakeMed's. 'We send out about 8 to 10 thousand ounces a month,' Mould explains. ..."
(05/07/06 - RALEIGH) - Did you know that you can buy breast milk on the Internet? It's perfectly legal, but is it safe? Mothers, health experts and lawmakers all have opinions and many find it shocking and downright dangerous. Margie Mould runs the Mothers' Milk Bank at WakeMed and knows the risks that can come with stranger's milk. 'Babies could get very sick if they're exposed to viruses or even HIV& things like that can be passed through breast milk because it is a body fluid.' The bodily fluid often called the perfect source of nutrition for babies is now a booming business at milk banks like WakeMed's. 'We send out about 8 to 10 thousand ounces a month,' Mould explains. ..."
Thursday, May 04, 2006
Article: Money - Human milk now for sale in O.C.: "Human milk now for sale in O.C.
With help from a Southern California company, breastfeeding mothers can donate extra milk to feed premature babies.
By BLYTHE BERNHARD
The Orange County Register
A whole new market for breast milk
"Every Friday morning, Dani Dawson brings her baby boy to a Mommy and Me class along with their gift for other babies - a few extra ounces of her breast milk....Dawson donates her milk at the Birth Connection in Fullerton, which houses one of two new milk depots in Orange County. At the depots, breastfeeding moms can donate milk to feed premature or sick babies whose own mothers are unable to nurse. "It's the least I can do," said Dawson, 28, of Placentia. "I would encourage other moms to do it. Jakob can share," she says of her 2-month-old.
he milk depots, financed by Prolacta Bioscience, a Monrovia-based human-milk processing company, represent the first time human milk has been sold in Orange County...."
With help from a Southern California company, breastfeeding mothers can donate extra milk to feed premature babies.
By BLYTHE BERNHARD
The Orange County Register
A whole new market for breast milk
"Every Friday morning, Dani Dawson brings her baby boy to a Mommy and Me class along with their gift for other babies - a few extra ounces of her breast milk....Dawson donates her milk at the Birth Connection in Fullerton, which houses one of two new milk depots in Orange County. At the depots, breastfeeding moms can donate milk to feed premature or sick babies whose own mothers are unable to nurse. "It's the least I can do," said Dawson, 28, of Placentia. "I would encourage other moms to do it. Jakob can share," she says of her 2-month-old.
he milk depots, financed by Prolacta Bioscience, a Monrovia-based human-milk processing company, represent the first time human milk has been sold in Orange County...."
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