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A mother's milk bank for NSW mums who can't breastfeed | NSW mums who cannot breastfeed will have the option of giving their babies milk from donor mothers if a community milk bank is funded by the state government. The Mothers Milk Bank
operates in Queensland and relies on donations to provide breast milk to women
who cannot express it themselves. Nationals MP Geoff Provest ( Tweed ) is lobbying
the government to stump up the necessary 600,000 dollars a year in funding to
bring the service to NSW. ''If they did, it would dramatically decrease illnesses
in children. It is commonsense,'' the Sydney Morning Herald quoted him as saying.
Marea Ryan, of the Mothers Milk Bank said premature babies in particular needed
breast milk to protect them against disease. ''Babies' lives would be lost without
[the bank]; it reduces infection rates and it is a better health outcome for the
state,'' she said. Carmel Tebbutt, a spokeswoman for NSW Health Minister said
the state and federal governments were still discussing how to implement a ''national
breastfeeding strategy''. ''A number of regulatory and quality-control issues
need to be considered as part of discussions about further support for milk banks,''
said the spokeswoman. Midwife Annie Dawson, also from Brisbane , relied on
donations
milk to feed her newborn twins, Nina and Miles. ''I had supply issues, and I wanted
to keep them on breast milk. As a midwife I know it is so beneficial [to] help
develop their immune system," said Dawson . ''In the first month it was so beneficial
for my stress levels, because I could give them what they needed. ''The Australian
government does need to give [community milk banks] the importance they deserve,"
she said.
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