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The Introduction of Breast Milk Donation in a Muslim Country

Niran A. AL-Naqeeb, MBChB, DCH, MRCP

neonatal intensive care unit at Adan Hospital; P.O. Box 948 AL-Salmiya, Code Area 22010, Kuwait.

Ayman Azab, MBChB, MSc, MD

Mahmoud S. Eliwa, MBChB, MSc, PhD

Bothaina Y. Mohammed, MBChB, DCH

neonatal intensive care unit at Adan Hospital, Kuwait

Breast milk donation (wet-nursing) for full-term babies is a well-known practice in Kuwait, but it has never been organized formally in a neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) for preterm babies. Donor milk banking as conducted inWestern society is not considered to be ethical in Muslim society, where the milk donor and the recipient are required to know each other. Human milk is known to decrease the incidence of necrotizing enterocolitis; improve host defenses, digestion, absorption of nutrients, gastrointestinal function, and neurodevelopment of the child; and contribute to maternal physical and psychological well-being. A culturally accepted approach to donor milk banking is proposed as a means of overcoming the ethical issues surrounding milk donation in Muslim society. This report addresses the first step in raising awareness of the valuable contribution of donor milk to preterm babies and the organization of human milk donation for use in an NICU.

Key Words: breastfeeding • milk bank • low-birth-weight infants • donor milk • religious restrictions

Journal of Human Lactation, Vol. 16, No. 4, 346-350 (2000)
DOI: 10.1177/089033440001600412
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