Pediatr. praxi. 2023;24(1):68-70 | DOI: 10.36290/ped.2023.024

Breast milk donation from the mothers' perspective

Mgr. Michaela Abrmanová¹, Mgr. Andrea Schönbauerová, Ph.D.²

¹ Ústav ošetřovatelství, porodní asistence a neodkladné péče, Zdravotně-sociální fakulta Jihočeské univerzity v Českých Budějovicích

² Novorozenecké oddělení, Nemocnice Prachatice, a. s.

The article deals with the issue of "Milk Baby Sharing", where, due to increased demand, breast milk is transferred from a donor mother to a mother who needs milk for her baby outside the environment of a milk bank or collection centre. The illegal sharing of breast milk between mothers is a cause for concern, particularly in relation to the transmission of infectious diseases, chemicals or pharmaceuticals. This article presents the results of a research investigation that summarizes mothers' personal experiences of breast milk sharing, including a description of the strategies mothers use to obtain milk, the reasons for demand, and which way they handle it over. The reason to write this article is to alert the professional community to the presence of a dangerous phenomenon and to call for an effective solution of the problem.

Keywords: breast milk sharing, breast milk bank, breast milk collection.

Accepted: February 7, 2023; Published: February 20, 2023  Show citation