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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]"Breastmilk donated or sold online is often tainted, study says."

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/10/21/health/breast-milk-donated-or-sold-online-is-often-tainted-study-says.html

I would probably chose a g-tube or try harder with formula before I would feed my baby a stranger's milk. Anyway, ask your doctor. [/quote]

That's pretty scary. Although I wonder what they would find in a study analyzing milk that pumping moms have in the fridge/ freezer for their own babies. Because when I donated, I donated from the same batches that I fed my own child.  I was always careful about cleaning my hands, bottles, pumping supplies, etc. It's not like I had lax hygiene for donated milk.  :roll:  [/quote]

I read the study and it was deeply flawed.  THey only accepted milk from people who didn't care who it was going to.  Anyone who asked about the baby was discounted.  They also didn't insist on any particular method of transport (including accepting milk that had not been packed with ice or adequately kept frozen), and there were issues with when and how they tested it.[/quote]

Your interpretation of the study, and the conclusions you draw based on your interpretation, are what are deeply flawed here. The point is that breastmilk - regardless of who donates it or where - is frequently tainted with illness-causing bacteria. Your criticisms of the study are irrelevant to the common presence of staph, salmonella, and so on. I hope the OP doesn't have the same blinders on, or share your circular reasoning and cherry picking of the data. Whatever. I just really hope the OP's baby does well. We all love our babies but we all have very different risk tolerances.[/quote]

So you believe most women out there are feeding their children breast milk containing staph and salmonella?[/quote]

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