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Article: Your Life: Could YOU donate breast milk to another woman's baby? The thought of giving someone else's child your breast milk might sound strange but a service in the UK is being set up to do just that. Your Life spent a day at a milk bank to see why they're so vital..(Features)
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- The Mirror (London, England)
- Article date:
- January 7, 2009
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Byline: By Louise Baty
New mum Clare Gold arrives at Queen Charlotte's and Chelsea Hospital, West London, clutching baby Sam in one arm and swinging a heavy cool bag in the other.
She's come with a delivery of her breast milk for the hospital's milk bank manager Gillian Weaver.
"This bag is really heavy because it's full of frozen milk," explains Clare, 34, of Rickmansworth, Herts. "The bottles have been in my freezer at home. I've cleared a whole shelf."
The milk bank at Queen Charlotte's celebrates its 70th anniversary this year and is ...