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Article: Fed: Mums turn to internet to find breast milk
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- AAP General News (Australia)
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- June 9, 2009
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AAP General News (Australia)
06-09-2009
Fed: Mums turn to internet to find breast milk
MELBOURNE, June 9 AAP - New mothers have turned to the internet to find breast milk
for their babies.
News Limited newspapers say the trend is part of an international movement back to
wet nursing for mothers who cannot naturally breastfeed.
Human breast milk contains antibodies that help prevent illness and may boost intelligence
and resistance to allergies.
But mothers using unscreened breast milk risk passing on illnesses including HIV and
hepatitis, the newspapers said.
One woman who was unable to feed naturally used the internet to buy frozen breast milk,
said other mothers abused her despite ...