2024-08-02 14:31:07
August 2, 2024
World Breastfeeding Week begins on Thursday 1 August. We take this opportunity to explain to you why it is so important to donate breast milk to lactation rooms whenever possible. This approach can save premature babies.
Breastfeeding is recommended for all children under 6 months of age. This is especially true for premature babies or children who exhibit certain medical conditions. If breast milk is not available, it is recommended to use milk from the lactation room. “Breast milk is extremely beneficial to the health and development of the most vulnerable newborns. It can significantly reduce complications in premature babies. It is truly ‘good medicine’ for these children. The French Lactation Room Association was noted to raise awareness and encourage mothers to donate breast milk. Because breast milk banks often experience shortages.
What are the benefits for premature babies?
According to the Higher Authority for Health, the benefits of breast milk for underweight children are as follows:
Significantly reduces ulcerative necrotizing enterocolitis, an acute intestinal pathology in premature infants. Lower rates of secondary infections; improved digestive tolerance; improved neurodevelopment.
However, we also find that at a lower level of proof:
Reduces the incidence of retinopathy of prematurity (a disorder of bilateral retinal blood vessels that can lead to blindness); has a protective effect on neonatal bronchopulmonary dysplasia (a chronic lung disease that may be associated with respiratory, neurological, and cognitive disorders); Beneficial cardiovascular risk in adolescence.
Which babies are suitable for the milk in the nursing room?
To better manage stocks and avoid breast milk shortages, HAS recommends that premature infants younger than 32 weeks and/or younger than 1,500 grams should be systematically breastfed when breast milk is unavailable or in insufficient quantities. For children born between 32 and 34 weeks or weighing between 1,500 and 1,800 g (inclusive), breast milk is recommended only if stocks permit and the needs of the priority infant are met.
For babies born at term beyond 34 weeks and/or weighing more than 1,800 g, breast milk is recommended in certain cases: severe growth retardation, refeeding after ulcerative necrotizing enterocolitis, congenital heart disease…. ..Will suffice.
Who can donate milk?
As we have seen, the problem of stocking nursing rooms is a central concern of the Higher Authority for Health and a condition of access to breast milk for many babies who need it.
Most mothers can donate breast milk. “Some people cannot breastfeed, for example, when they have certain viral infections (hepatitis B or C, HIV, syphilis), when they have received a blood transfusion or organ transplant, when they take certain medications, or when they When smoking, alcohol or narcotics” Designated by the French Dairy Association. Other criteria include no tattoos, piercings, needle hair removal or permanent makeup within the past 4 months, and no regular, even occasional use of alcohol, tobacco, nicotine substitutes or drugs. There is no age standard.
Of course, breastfeeding, adequate milk supply, and good health are necessary. Please contact your nearest dairy who will assist you in donating breast milk.
Milk donations can be made anonymously or anonymously, but there is never a fee. The mother uses a breast pump to collect breast milk every day, freezes it and gives it to the lactation room team, who collect it from her home every three weeks. Donors must comply with hygiene and sterilization rules for equipment. And have a refrigerator big enough to store milk.
Source: HAS, French Association of Human Milk Banks
Written by: Dorothée Duchemin – Editor: Emmanuel Ducreuzet
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