Wednesday, September 13, 2006

Milk bank helping new mothers (ABC Australia)

KERRY O'BRIEN: Still on motherhood - while breastfeeding isn't of course the only option to feed babies, it's acknowledged by the World Health Organisation as the ideal food for the healthy growth and development of infants but many women have trouble producing enough milk or in cases of premature birth, producing milk at all, and have had to use formula. Now Australia's first breast milk bank in Perth is providing mothers with an alternative and drawing international praise along the way. Hamish Fitzsimmons reports.


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