Don de lait maternel : l'avis de James Akre

"It is my pleasure to draw your attention to a commentary concerning direct mother-to-mother human-milk sharing.

The commentary, entitled “Milk sharing: from private practice to public pursuit”, was published in the open-access International Breastfeeding Journal on 25 June 2011 http://www.internationalbreastfeedingjournal.com/content/6/1/8 .

Le commentaire est également disponible en version française http://www.allaitementpourtous.com/uploads/1/4/2/4/1424617/partagelaithumainibclcjamesakr.pdf .

My objectives here and elsewhere in this context are to:
• Describe the main features of commerce-free human-milk sharing
• Identify approaches to coping successfully with the inherent risks
• Recognize the wider cultural context of the medical establishment’s bias against sharing
• Promote complementarity in place of competition between milk sharing and milk banking

In addition, “Sharing Breast Milk: What’s Right for You?” http://babygooroo.com/2012/06/sharing-breast-milk-what%E2%80%99s-right-for-you/ appeared on 28 June 2012."

- James Akre