Coutsoudis estimates there are now 2,, donors nationwide, giving breast milk for no payment to premature babies who have been abandoned, orphaned or whose mothers are too ill to lactate. Have something to say?

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Khanye Nzama defied her own family to breastfeed her children, then became a regular milk donor in Premature babies typically weigh between grams and 1. Five things you didn't know about human milk banks 15 Sep

He took a millilitre of milk every two hours, continuing on donor milk for a fortnight, until his mother was able to lactate. Coutsoudis estimates there are now 2,, donors nationwide, giving breast milk for no payment to premature babies who have been abandoned, orphaned or whose mothers are too ill to lactate. We take a look at some of the unlikely customers hitting up SA's breast milk banks.

The ambition is to be like blood banks. Patrick began drinking breast milk donated by other women to the Cape Town-based organisation Milk Matters.