https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Thu, 28 May 2026 23:07:57 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/would-you-feed-your-lo-from-a-milk-bank#post-227501 Thu, 19 Jul 2012 20:26:38 +0000 owlmom 227501@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>FYI - Most milk banks do a pretty intense health screening of donors, including blood tests and finding out the medications and supplements the donor takes. It's actually pretty hard to get approved to donate through a bank. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/would-you-feed-your-lo-from-a-milk-bank#post-227492 Thu, 19 Jul 2012 20:24:01 +0000 mrs. bird 227492@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>absolutely! human milk is meant for human babies, if i couldn't give my LO my own breast milk, i'd want them to have milk from a milk bank if i had access to one. </p> <p>milk is from screened donors, then mixed with multiple donor's milk donations to ensure balanced nutrition, and batches are tested to ensure it's safe. i don't see any more risk in that than in formula manufacturing and you are giving them the proven health benefits of human breast milk. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/would-you-feed-your-lo-from-a-milk-bank#post-227470 Thu, 19 Jul 2012 20:18:24 +0000 Mrsbells 227470@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>No because I dont know what food or medications the donor was taking. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/would-you-feed-your-lo-from-a-milk-bank#post-227452 Thu, 19 Jul 2012 20:14:40 +0000 BoogieBea 227452@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I don't think I can either. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/would-you-feed-your-lo-from-a-milk-bank#post-227441 Thu, 19 Jul 2012 20:12:00 +0000 banana 227441@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I would only do it if I personally knew and trusted the donor...like my sister or something. Otherwise, I'd rather feed formula. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/would-you-feed-your-lo-from-a-milk-bank#post-227425 Thu, 19 Jul 2012 20:07:55 +0000 owlmom 227425@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I would. I'm a milk donor and did a lot of research on milk banks before I started donating, and milk sharing is something I really advocate now. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/would-you-feed-your-lo-from-a-milk-bank#post-227408 Thu, 19 Jul 2012 20:04:17 +0000 chopsuey 227408@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I don't think so. Would rather feed her formula. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/would-you-feed-your-lo-from-a-milk-bank#post-227397 Thu, 19 Jul 2012 20:01:33 +0000 Andrea 227397@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@regberadaisy: Me too, even though it is screened and everything ... I just don't know enough about the donor ... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/would-you-feed-your-lo-from-a-milk-bank#post-227392 Thu, 19 Jul 2012 20:00:16 +0000 regberadaisy 227392@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>NO. BFing M has made me truly realize how what I eat really is what she eats. So no way I trust milk from a stranger. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/would-you-feed-your-lo-from-a-milk-bank#post-227376 Thu, 19 Jul 2012 19:56:37 +0000 cvbee 227376@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I would for a limited time if I had some medical thing or something and couldn't feed him for a week or something like that, but I wouldn't do it forever. If it was going to be a situation where he'd need it for the rest of his infancy, I'd switch to formula.</p> <p>PS. But now I have a good stash in the freezer so I wouldn't actually have to do this. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/would-you-feed-your-lo-from-a-milk-bank#post-227333 Thu, 19 Jul 2012 19:45:43 +0000 Andrea 227333@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I was watching Pregnant in Heels and the mom couldn't breastfeed so she fed her baby breastmilk from a bank. The idea weirds me out but DH said he would be fine with it! </p>