Hiya
Did anyone see the segment about Milk sharing on the internet this morning?I am going to firmly put myself in the I think it's an amazing idea that mum's are willing to pump and share their milk to those who cannot BF/ or having some problems with supply. Although Milk Spots are amazing too if anyone has been to one.
I am assuming that the women who donate may be donating already to neonatal units and are therefore screened - although I guess some are not. However, there is obviously a demand for breast milk sharing. Furthermore, it got me thinking about why we can buy formula milk but we are unable to buy pasteurised breast milk?
I am assuming there are women out there like me who would be happy to donate for free if something was being run non for profit ( to just cover testing/ process/ delivery costs)? I am also assuming that some mums would be happy to buy ( I know I would have when my DD was struggling with milk intolerance in my breast milk). I just wish we had the choice.
Does anyone know firstly how they test the milk at milk banks, if it done by a machine etc. I am surprised we don't already have something set up in the UK . I also wonder what happens to any excess milk in the neonatal units, if there is any?
Pondering on this one.... anyone else?