" I was told of the milk bank and immediately decided this was a brilliant idea and started donating my extra breastmilk."
" I am so thankful that my babies got the best by receiving donor milk, and that I was given a bit of leeway to get my own milk going without too much stress. My twins are four months old now and still breastfeeding."
"It has felt good to donate milk and be able to give something to babies who are not so lucky and are not blessed with a mother who can breastfeed them."
"Having had a baby almost 8 weeks early myself, it meant a lot to help other prem babies, without milk from their moms, by donating milk to Milk Matters, a very special organisation that is very close to my heart."
Research indicates that pasteurising breastmilk destroys potentially harmful bacteria and viruses.
Three methods of Heat Treating / Pasteurisation Breastmilk are described below.
Research conducted by Jeffrey B.S et al, J Trop Paeds 2000
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Research conducted by Israel-Ballard K. et al, JAIDS Oct 2005
Equipment
Method
Table of Nutritional Comparison between Pretoria and Flash Methods (by Israel-Ballard K. et al, JAIDS Oct 2005 )
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