donor human milk

This is a long podcast with great discussions on pasteurized donor milk given early postpartum, milk sharing in the community, complementary feeding in premature infants and an amazing model to test the diffusion of medications across milk producing cells. Recorded in August 2022.

What blood sugar defines hypoglycemia, and what is the best way to manage it, to prevent babies from preferring bottles, and to optimize lactation success? Join us as we discuss key takeaway points from the Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine's updated protocol on hypoglycemia and breastfeeding. Recorded in July 2021.

Happy World Human Milk Donation Day! It’s time to celebrate the impressive history and bright future of donor human milk banks! Like blood banks, having human milk banks can facilitate a life-saving strategy for seriously compromised infants. Join Marie and her guest, Gillian Weaver, BSc, RD. Ms. Weaver spent 26 years managing the longest-continually operating milk bank in the world. She has since founded, directed, or served as a consultant for milk banks on four different continents, and has an impressive understanding of milk banks on two other continents. Why is donor human milk banking so important? Who donates? How do models and safety procedures differ from country to country? What are myths about donor human milk banking? While the mission of all blood banks around the world is similar, they differ in many ways. Wherever we live, how can we learn from the models, practices, and outcomes of donor milk banks elsewhere? Come and learn, reflect, and celebrate!

Listen as we review the Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine's protocol on how to manage diabetes in the breastfed infant and toddler. The research on oligosaccharides is so intriguing, we can't stop reporting on the amazing role these non-absorbable sugars play in many dimensions of infant health. Recorded in March 2017.

So many fun topics! Iodine supplementation, breastfeeding outcomes after training medical residents, cost/benefit of using donor milk, use of domperidone, lactobacillus salivarius and mastitis, infant gut microbiome and infant feeding, and the effect of mother's diet on the infant's gut bacteria. Recorded in June 2016.

Join us for a glimpse of what's in unpasteurized donor milk purchased over the internet. We will also share a study that proves lower gut inflammation in breastfeeding babies, as well as research on the power of breastfeeding on reducing the risk of type 2 diabetes. Recorded in January 2016.

Listen up to learn more about how multiple sclerosis symptoms are affected by lactation. Should you throw out that thawed pasteurized donor milk that is over 24-48 hours old? Why would breastfeeding protect from childhood leukemia? Recorded in September 2015.

Listen up to learn more about the epigenetics of lactation in multiparous women, a quality improvement process to decrease NEC in the NICU, and how prolactin levels change in mothers during and after nursing over time. Recorded in September 2015.

We discuss starting a donor human milk bank, issues of milk sharing, how to start a donor milk depot, and importance of collecting donor milk in NICUs. Recorded in May 2015.

Our topic today include a recent analysis of the cost of donor human milk for infants in the NICU; the updated World Health Organization review of the long term effects of breastfeeding; a case report of an infant who demonstrated signs of toxicity from mom's therapeutic dose of sertraline. Recorded in July 2013.

The importance of human milk for babies in the neonatal intensive care unit, and the risk of necrotizing enterocolitis and other illnesses for babies subjected to artificial feeding. The definition, safety, and benefits of pasteurized donor human milk are also discussed. Recorded in May 2010.

The history of human milk banks in the USA and Canada; the safety, cost and insurance coverage of pasteurized donor human milk; recipients of donor human milk; making human milk the standard of care for babies in the NICU Recorded in May 2010.