'Comparison between the for-profit human milk industry and nonprofit human milk banking: Time for regulation?' Dr Natalie Shenker Linden, Wang, Mackenzie, Hildebrandt, Spears, Davis, Nangia, Gilly Weaver Centre for Environmental Policy, Imperial onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.11…

Parent Volunteers Wanted for Infant Feeding Artwork

Please contact Specialist Infant Feeding Midwife [email protected] for further information or to volunteer for your family to be used in the promotional artwork.

My HumanMilkFoundation paintings launching soon 👩🏻‍🎨

Grateful for the opportunity to share my thoughts on how establishing full enteral nutrition in sick and small newborns shortly after birth is within reach when #DonorMilk is available HMBANA

Established in 1939, the milk bank at Queen Charlotte’s & Chelsea Hospital is the world’s oldest continuously operating milk bank.

It provides donor milk to around 500 premature and sick babies per year. We’re currently celebrating its 85th anniversary ➡️ intranet.imperial.nhs.uk/public/page/He…

🥚Afif El- Khuffash : 'Donor Milk in the NICU'

🥚Amy Brown: 'Creating an environment where breastfeeding thrives: What do we need and what can we do to support change? '

🥚Natalie Shenker: 'Working towards equitable, integrated milk banking services'

😄Ask the patient about their newborn, remembering important dates and information (name etc.) and letting them share how they are finding parenthood

🤝Help them to access donor breast milk if required

⭐Refer the patient to Mummy's Star!

A new study shows that human milk contains #milkEVs that block viral entry of zika virus through competition for binding to cellular phosphatidylserine receptors, explaining why many viruses are transmitted by blood rather than body fluids
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Poor growth on donor human milk

25w 750g, FF at 2weeks, now 4 weeks, no MOM

DHM+fortifier 185ml/kg/d

Weight gain falling off centile <<10g/kg/d

Carry on ('ignore'), or do you -

Can corporate gatekeepers influence marketing changes? A 🧵

Jasmine Watson didn't know that not #breastfeeding her premature son, Chase, increased his risk of NEC. Chase, her son, was fed Reckitt's 'preterm' formula. He contracted NEC & sadly died /1
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Fancy giving us some feedback on our published articles? We're supporting an undergraduate research project looking at the breastfeeding information on the SPS website. If you would be interested in taking part, see the link below👇
Thank you!
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Editorial 'Nonprofit human milk banking: On a challenging path to global equity'. Dr Natalie Shenker Dr Sushma Nangia onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.11…

'I feel like a mother to other babies: experiences and perspectives on bereavement and breastmilk donation from Vietnam.' Hoang Thi Tran, Tuan Thanh Nguyen, Oanh Thi Xuan Nguyen, Roger Mathisen Dr Tanya Cassidy frontiersin.org/articles/10.33…

#postdoc #sciencejobs #datascience #phdlife #PhD

If anyone is interested in any of these posts get in touch. I’m happy to have an informal chat about these roles.

With the algorithm these days, only 3 people will see this but, ‘hey, 3 people! My new book on ending breastfeeding is out today!’ Thank you!
Supporting the Transition from Breastfeeding: A Guide to Weaning for Professionals, Supporters and Parents amzn.eu/d/2ndCOzL

‘Without better regulation, the market for breast milk will exploit mothers’ theconversation.com/without-better…

And we are hiring.
2x Postdocs (Epidemiologist or data scientist + Behavioural Science)
1x Project manager.

Get in touch if you might be interested.

Cancer Loyalty Card Study (CLOCS) to be continued….

If you gave birth in December 2023, later this month you will receive a letter inviting you to take part in the infant feeding survey.

Data from the survey will be valuable in helping to shape services to support mothers with infant feeding 💜