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• On the article Moms Talk: Is it Safe to Share Breast Milk?

  Tiffany

  8:43 pm on Monday, April 30, 2012

  I am a breastmilk donor.

  Prior to being approved by Mother's Milk Bank of New England I was phone-screened, then I answered a medical questionnaire for me and one for my baby, then I released our medical records, my doctor and my baby's pediatrician signed off on our health, then they tested my blood. The whole time, they are educating me on how to collect my milk under the most sanitary conditions.

  Once my milk arrives at the bank they thaw it, test it, homogenize and pasteurize it, combine it with the milk of other moms and test it again. They can test it for contaminants and also for composition - fats and nutrients. It's really impressive. As their website says, in fifty years of milk banking not one baby was ever sickened, many have thrived.

  I also have advertised on Eats on Feets because I've had so much milk. Most moms just dont wNt to see their precious milk wasted and will give it away for free or in exchange for more breastmilk bags. If I adopted or couldn't produce milk, I would absolutely turn to a bank or a milk sharing site.

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