Breastfeeding is critical for the healthy growth and development of infants. A diverse range
of infant-feeding methods are used around the world today. Many methods involve feeding …

Human milk contains nutrients and immune factors that promote health and growth of an
infant. Donor human milk is recommended as the best alternative for infants whose mothers' …

Abstract Background In May of 2022, parents living in the United States experienced a
dramatic infant formula shortage caused by supply chain issues and the recall of several …

Human milk sharing (HMS) is growing in popularity as an infant‐feeding strategy in the
United States. HMS families are a hidden population because HMS is a nonnormative and …

Background: Evidence is lacking on the phenomenon of peer-to-peer human milk-sharing in
the Middle East, specifically, in Israel. Research Aims: This study aimed to uncover peer-to …

Background: Human milk is the optimal form of infant nutrition. If mother's own milk is
unavailable, families may seek alternative sources of human milk through milk sharing …

Introduction: Milk donation is allowed in Islam and considered a virtue, though according to
Islam Sharia, feeding donated milk of other mothers leads to kinship between infants …

Breastfeeding and weaning are actively studied from evolutionary, medical, and social
research perspectives because of their close association with infant mortality, lifetime health …

Background The use of donor human milk is rising. Maternal awareness of donor human
milk use, milk donation, and milk banks has not been well described in the United States …

The feeding of human milk to socially and biologically unrelated infants is not a new
phenomenon, but the Euroamerican values of individualism have generated expectations …