A lovely idea. It must be so disheartening to not feed your baby the way you hoped, and I’m sure there would be many who would love this idea.
Also… I have no idea about that viral video and have no interest looking for it haha

I’d donate my milk if there was a proper set up to do so.

i don’t think that i could do this. breast is best though. i wonder how many people will try to get some milk in the hopes that they get alicia’s lol

It’s interesting that we would much prefer to give our babies milk from a cow than from a human who makes milk perfectly designed for their bodies. Its a struggle to get our head around the thought of ‘bodily fluids’ I guess.

I really don’t like that idea some ppl mite but I would only give my son mine and no one else

My grandmother fed two other babies while in the hospital with my Mum, apparently she had a huge amount of milk and the other Mums didn’t.

No and no and no point in trying to reinvent the wheel. Wet nursing has been around for years and what Alicia has proposed has already been happening.

The sister of a lady I worked with had a premature baby, The Mum was expressing milk and taking it to the hospital every day as the baby was in a special crib and she wasn’t allowed to handle her for long enough to feed her. She was able to express much more than her baby needed. There were a couple of other babies whose mothers were unable to supply any milk at all. The manager of the Neonatal Unit approached her to ask if she cwould give permission for them to screen her milk and her donate some for the other babies who would benefit from it. She agreed as she was wasting some besides the surplus she was taking in each day. They even gave her a supply of bottles to put it in.
Under such circumstances and the fact that the breastmilk was screened constantly I thought it was a good idea and is possibly still done via that method.

I’d share my breast milk with others but I don’t know that I’d use anyone else’s breast milk for my children

there are many good cases for a breast milk bank

a very interesting concept, not sure I would take part though, donate maybe, but take if needed is doubtful

I had to express with my first born, feeding was too painful

You’d have to be certain the donators of the milk weren’t on drugs or had any diseases though!

The Mercy Hospital in Melbourne were taking donations at least 3 years ago

I think this is a great Idea, I always had heaps of milk. I would have donated my milk if i could because I would be devastated if I could not have breastfed my son.

I don’t have a problem with sharing breast milk with other mums for babies but have you seen that TV show where adults get together and drink breast milk and eat things made from it. Was on lsast night. The ad was enough for me.

thanks for sharing was a great read

had fun reading this !

Enjoyed reading- thanks for sharing.

Although I can see the merit in a program like that, it would so very hard to monitor and screen for diseases…