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Thread: Donor Human Milk #muslimfamilies from Special article @AAPJournals
“Donor breast milk establishes a relationship between the donor mother (along with her own offspring) and the donor milk recipient” #milkkinship
#neoEBM @EBNEO
https://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/early/2021/01/20/peds.2020-0441
“Donor breast milk establishes a relationship between the donor mother (along with her own offspring) and the donor milk recipient” #milkkinship
#neoEBM @EBNEO
https://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/early/2021/01/20/peds.2020-0441
“Moms milk is best ” but when it isn’t available the next best option is donor human milk, particular for preterm
In Islam, if a baby drinks milk from other mother, the other mother becomes his/her milk mother & so as the milk mother’s family is also drawn into the relationship
In Islam, if a baby drinks milk from other mother, the other mother becomes his/her milk mother & so as the milk mother’s family is also drawn into the relationship
Put simply - a mother-baby relationship is established b/w donor mother & donor milk recipient
So..
The Qur’an states, “Prohibited to you [for marriage] are…your milk mothers who nursed you and your sisters through nursing…” (Nisa 4:23)
So..
The Qur’an states, “Prohibited to you [for marriage] are…your milk mothers who nursed you and your sisters through nursing…” (Nisa 4:23)
Using DHM, a Muslim family may have reservations about their child unknowingly marrying one of his milk relatives. To avoid inadvertent/unintended marriage that may occur in situations when donors are anonymous, the donor mother & recipient families should be known to each other
#milkbanks pool from several donors & is unidentifiable - so there is no way to track the milk from where it comes & where it goes — this anonymity concerns Muslim families which is why health care workers should be really SENSITIVE in discussing this issue!
Islamic jurisprudence on #milkbanks is unclear — so when things are unclear legal councils are gather to issue #FATWA, which is religious rulings on a point of Islamic law issued by a recognized authority, such as a qualified Islamic legal scholar
In 1983, the Islamic Organization for Medical Sciences in Kuwait suggested DHM could be used as long as the name of the donor is documented on each milk bottle, and a detailed registry should document the donor woman & all recipients of her milk — this is IMPOSSIBLE (forget it)
Further, in 2004, the European Council for Fatwa and Research (ECFR) issued the following #FATWA 
but this is not known to many of us & many may not accept this FATWA
https://www.e-cfr.org/blog/2017/11/04/twelfth-ordinary-session-european-council-fatwa-research/
but this is not known to many of us & many may not accept this FATWAhttps://www.e-cfr.org/blog/2017/11/04/twelfth-ordinary-session-european-council-fatwa-research/
To date, there are no #milkbanks in Muslim countries. An attempt to create by Turkish Ministry failed due to public protests.
Some parents provide human milk from their known relatives as we don’t have #milkbanks and we, here, respect their decision!
Some parents provide human milk from their known relatives as we don’t have #milkbanks and we, here, respect their decision!
Paths to explore & resolute this issue & thereby safeguarding vulnerable neonates - efforts by @BAPM_Official https://twitter.com/neoresearch_net/status/1352769880945258497
https://twitter.com/neoresearch_net/status/1352769880945258497
