{"id":2113,"date":"2011-02-23T13:21:13","date_gmt":"2011-02-23T18:21:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.cooperhealth.org\/news\/?p=2113"},"modified":"2011-02-23T13:21:13","modified_gmt":"2011-02-23T18:21:13","slug":"nj-mothers-unable-to-nurse-turn-to-breast-milk-sharing-websites","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.cooperhealth.org\/news\/2011\/02\/nj-mothers-unable-to-nurse-turn-to-breast-milk-sharing-websites\/","title":{"rendered":"NJ Mothers Unable to Nurse Turn to Breast Milk Sharing Websites"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-2114\" title=\"The Star-Ledger\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.cooperhealth.org\/news\/files\/2011\/02\/inside_201102_milk.jpg\" alt=\"The Star-Ledger\" width=\"275\" height=\"50\" \/>The Star Ledger <\/em>published an article about mother\u2019s who are unable to nurse and are turning to online websites to find other women willing to share their breast milk. Sites such as <a href=\"http:\/\/milkshare.birthingforlife.com\">milkshare.birthingforlife.com<\/a> have grown in popularity as they connect families and provide information on milk sharing.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe now recognize that human milk is far more than just good nutrition. It supports growth and the development of a growing infant,&#8221; said Lori Feldman-Winter, MD, Head of Adolescent Medicine at Cooper and a member of the executive committee for the section of breast-feeding for the American Academy of Pediatrics. \u201cI unequivocally do not recommend casual sharing of human milk. I do recommend donor milk in situations when a mother can\u2019t or should not give her baby her own milk; but that donor milk should be acquired through a donor milk bank.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nj.com\/news\/index.ssf\/2011\/02\/westfield_woman_gives_breast_m.html\"><strong>To read the complete article visit\u00a0nj.com.<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Star Ledger published an article about mother\u2019s who are unable to nurse and are turning to online websites to find other women willing to share their breast milk. 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