About
Eats on Feets
- What is Eats on Feets?
- Where did the name Eats on Feets come from and how did it all start?
- What does Eats on Feets believe?
- What does Eats on Feets not do?
Community Milksharing
- The 4 pillars of safe milksharing
- Who needs donor milk?
- What are the benefits of community-based milksharing?
- Are there risks to using donor milk?
- What should I know about appropriate (online) social networking? Is it safe?
- Human milk in a state of emergency
- Resources for support
Human Milk and Substitutes
- Why human milk?
- WHO guidelines for exercising feeding options
- Why human milk substitutes?
- Risks and ethics of human milk substitutes
Donating Milk
- Introduction
- Is there any reason that someone should not donate breastmilk?
- What questions are typically asked of donors?
- What are the suggested blood tests for milk donors?
- I would like to donate milk. How do I find a recipient?
- I have found a recipient. How do I proceed?
- Do you have suggestions for addressing recipients?
- How do I handle breastmilk (for donors)?
- Can I donate breastmilk that was donated to me?
- How do donors know that the person requesting milk really needs it?
- My recipient may benefit from extra lactation support. What can I do?
- Can I donate when I am taking medication?
- I want to donate but my milk develops a noticeable smell. What can I do? Should I donate?
- Will I be able to meet the babies who receive my milk?
- My baby passed away. Can I donate my milk?
- What about milk banks?
Requesting/receiving Milk
- Introduction
- Is there any reason that someone should not request donor milk?
- What questions are typically asked of recipients?
- I would like to screen donors. How can I do this?
- I would like to request donor milk. How do I find a donor?
- I have contacted a donor. How do I proceed?
- Do you have suggestions for addressing donors?
- How do I handle human milk (for recipients)?
- I will not use (all) the donated milk. What should I do?
- My baby is healthy and has had formula. Can I still ask for donor milk?
- Can I use donor milk if I have low milk supply?
- Can I receive milk from a donor whose baby is not the same age as mine?
- Can someone re-lactate?
- Can someone lactate if they have never breastfed before, as in induced lactation?
- Where can I find lactation support?
- How can I thank my donor?
- My sister (friend, relative, etcetera) has offered to breastfeed my baby. Is this ok?
- What about premature babies?
- What about fortifiers and premature babies?
Handling
- Introduction
- Is human milk a biohazard?
- How can breastmilk be expressed?
- How can human milk be stored?
- How long can human milk be stored?
- How can human milk be shipped or transported?
- How can human milk be thawed?
- How can human milk be pasteurized at home?
- How do I feed the milk to my baby?
- How much expressed milk does my baby need?
- How can donated human milk be used?
- How do I clean or sterilize supplies and pump parts?
- How do I protect expressed milk during a power outage?
Health Considerations
- Introduction Health Considerations
- Air pollution
- Alcohol consumption
- Anesthesia and Analgesia
- Bacteria
- Birth control
- Blood products (update coming soon)
- Caffeine
- Cancer
- Diagnostic scans (x-rays, mammograms, MRI, and CT/CAT)
- Direct contact between donor and recipient families
- Donor testing
- Drugs, medications, alcohol, and post-consumption discarding of breastmilk
- Exposure to needles
- Herbs, vitamins, and other supplements
- Hormone replacement
- Hospitalization
- Infections
- Introduction to infectious diseases
- Brucellosis
- Candida Albicans (thrush/yeast infection)
- Chickenpox (Varicella)/Shingles
- Cholera
- Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (CJD) (update coming soon)
- Cytomegalovirus (CMV)
- Hepatitis A (HAV), B (HBV), and C (HCV)
- Herpes Simplex (HSV)
- Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV)
- Human T-lymphotropic virus Type I and II (HTLV-1, HTLV-2)
- Influenza
- Lyme disease
- Mastitis
- Monkey Pox
- Rubella
- SARS-CoV-2 (Covid-19)
- Sexually transmitted infections (STIs)
- Syphilis
- West Nile Virus (WNV)
- Tuberculosis (TB)
- Marijuana
- Medication
- General information on medication
- Antidepressants (coming soon)
- Immunomodulatory drugs (coming soon)
- Immunosuppressant drugs (coming soon)
- Insulin
- Thyroid medication
- Nutrition
- Open sores, blisters, bleeding cracks on the skin
- Organ transplant (coming soon)
- Pasteurization
- Pregnancy
- Silicone breast implants
- Storage temperatures:
- Substance abuse
- Tear gas and pepper spray
- Tobacco
- Travel:
- Vaccines
