Withdrawals from mothers’ milk bank help newborns
By Sunny Dhillon
December 29, 2010
The Globe and Mail

When Katie Loftus gave birth to son Milo nearly two months earlier than expected, her doctor said it would be several days before she was physically capable of breastfeeding her premature newborn.

Milo, who was delivered by emergency cesarean section at BC Children’s Hospital in October, spent the first hours of his life being fed through a tube. Because Ms. Loftus couldn’t produce breast milk at this point, she was given access to the only breast milk bank in Canada. ...