Woman Takes Out Ad to Sell Breast Milk

[JODO 2]

Woman Takes Out Ad to Sell Breast Milk

12 hours ago

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (AP) — A woman who doesn't want her breast milk to go to waste has taken out a newspaper ad in hopes of selling it. Martha Heller, 22, of Tiffin, took out the ad in The Gazette, offering 100 ounces of her breast milk for $200 or the best offer.

Heller said her freezer is overflowing with breast milk that she has pumped since August. Her 4-month-old daughter won't drink from a bottle and the supply is piling up.

Heller now donates to the University of Iowa's Mother's Milk Bank, but the 100 ounces of milk she wants to sell was pumped before going through the screening process for the bank and cannot be donated.

Linda Klein, a lactation consultant at Mercy Medical Center in Cedar Rapids, said breast milk can generally be stored in a freezer for up to six months.

Heller said she researched laws regarding the sale of breast milk and couldn't find any in Iowa.

Don McCormick, a spokesman for the Iowa Department of Public Health, said he was not aware of any laws in Iowa restricting the sale of breast milk, but that state health officials advised against it.

Heller said she hasn't received any legitimate calls about her ad.

"There was one prank caller," she said.

Information from: The Gazette, http://www.gazetteonline.com/

[Saddle Bronc 124]

Hasn't she heard of e-bay?

[Marilyn. 340]

this isn't has far fetched as it seems... I had extra milk after my baby died and I didn't want it to go to waste and I had heard of this company that takes the milk and distributes to NICU'S for preemies who's mothers might not be able to give their own milk for whatever reason...

all I had to do was fill out this questionnaire and send them a blood sample and then I shipped the milk to them at their expense... I felt good that the milk was going to a good cause...

[Marilyn. 340]

Woman Takes Out Ad to Sell Breast Milk

12 hours ago

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (AP) — A woman who doesn't want her breast milk to go to waste has taken out a newspaper ad in hopes of selling it. Martha Heller, 22, of Tiffin, took out the ad in The Gazette, offering 100 ounces of her breast milk for $200 or the best offer.

Heller said her freezer is overflowing with breast milk that she has pumped since August. Her 4-month-old daughter won't drink from a bottle and the supply is piling up.

Heller now donates to the University of Iowa's Mother's Milk Bank, but the 100 ounces of milk she wants to sell was pumped before going through the screening process for the bank and cannot be donated.

Linda Klein, a lactation consultant at Mercy Medical Center in Cedar Rapids, said breast milk can generally be stored in a freezer for up to six months.

Heller said she researched laws regarding the sale of breast milk and couldn't find any in Iowa.

Don McCormick, a spokesman for the Iowa Department of Public Health, said he was not aware of any laws in Iowa restricting the sale of breast milk, but that state health officials advised against it.

Heller said she hasn't received any legitimate calls about her ad.

"There was one prank caller," she said.

Information from: The Gazette, http://www.gazetteonline.com/

mmmm, the part that is bolded doesn't make sense unless that milk bank has a different policy... the milk I donated I pumped before I was screened..