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Human Milk undervalued
- Nikki Lee RN, MS, IBCLC, CCE
(29 August 2004)
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Human Milk undervalued |
29 August 2004 |
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Nikki Lee RN, MS, IBCLC, CCE,
lactation consultant
private practice
Send letter to journal:
Re: Human Milk undervalued
nleeguitar{at}aol.com Nikki Lee RN, MS, IBCLC, CCE
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Dear Editor:
Breastfeeding requires some help while mother and baby figure things
out. A new relationship is rarely perfect at the beginning; this is true
of a breastfeeding relationship also. When practitioners recommend use of
a human milk substitute to a new mother in this beginning period, she gets
a message that her milk is not good enough, and will stop breastfeeding
too soon.
This study illustrates beautifully that simple dynamic.
Pasteurized donor milk is recognized by the World Health Organization
as the third best infant feeding alternative. (Fresh mother's milk and
frozen mother's milk are first and second; breastmilk substitutes are
FOURTH!)
When babies must be fed and their mother can't provide enough milk,
the best solution is for the baby to receive banked donor milk from a milk
bank. Imagine how mothers would get the message that human milk is the
most important for babies if such were the case.
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