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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]NP here.  This story is starting to seem a bit odd to me.  If your baby is starving why wouldn't you just get the tube?  And if it's a gagging issue why does it matter if it's breastmilk or formula?  And if anyone's breastmilk is ok (no dietary restrictions), why isn't regular formula ok?  If your baby so desperately needs this breastmilk why don't you have the "means" to get to DC or MD to pick it up when you said money is no issue?  Why not put your baby in the car seat and go pick it up?  I have frozen breastmilk that I cannot use because DS has milk protein intolerance and I was seriously thinking of dropping it off to this woman at Starbucks but I'm starting to think that this story just isn't adding up.  Oh, one more thing, if a pediatrician calls Hopkins to get your child in they are not gong to turn them away.  I have more experience with doctors at Hopkins than I would like to admit and this is not something they would do.  I think there is more to this story.[/quote]

OP, hang in there.  You don't have to justify your thoughts or actions to anyone here.  The bottom line is that nothing in life is black and white.  It is natural if one feels a little ambivalent about a major medical procedure or accepting donor milk.  And to the pp above, formula is BASED on cow's milk or soy.  BM with cow's milk in mother's diet is not based on milk just has a milk protein in it.  Also, the same thing has happened to me where my pediatrician calls the specialist and they couldn't get me in.  It happens, PP.  Have a little more empathy.  The more to the story part is the nuance that OP doesn't want to share with the world.  Not wanting to share intimate details with strangers is normal. [/quote]

Fair enough.  I wanted to help and give her my milk but I just can't get my head around this whole idea of feeding a baby untested milk.  I think HIV can be passed this way.  But I agree, until you are in this position you don't know what you would choose.  I'm sorry OP for being judgmental and I hope everything works out.  [/quote]

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