Hospital Policy for Milk Sharing

[Guest guest]

Aside from PP I work as an LC in a hospital and wondering if anyone has created

or has input for a policy regarding Milk Sharing. We affectionately call it

Donor milk (from the milk bank) and Girlfriends or Community Milk. A baby was

in the NICU this year, mother had tragically died after birth and that baby

continues to receive Community Milk, beautiful story. Before he left the NICU,

the neo's used the Community Milk, Father consent only. That should be simple

enough for the post-partum floor, but I don't want to re-invent the wheel and I

want to be prepared when it's presented to the policy changers. There isn't

resistance (that we are aware of yet) so much as how to support it properly.

Open to ideas and thanks.

Robin Hollen

Starfish Lactation