Who needs donor milk? Eats on Feets focuses on the breastmilk needs of babies and young children.¹

All children have the right to breastmilk. There are many situations wherein a child or baby would need donor milk, including but not limited to the death of a lactating parent, adoption, foster care, guardian care, low milk production, no milk production, or the health of the lactating parent. Eats on Feets does not endorse any order of priority for the sharing of human milk with babies and young children.²

A strong case can be made for the medical use of breastmilk by adults. Eats on Feets supports informed choice and a person’s right to share breastmilk with whomever they choose. Medical adult needs are welcome on our network as long as they are transparent and not posted anonymously.

Regarding adults requesting milk for non-medical reasons (weightlifting, fetishism), we do not allow these.³ Eats on Feets administrators will delete these types of requests. Eats on Feets encourages families to practice safe social networking.

Next: What are the benefits of community-based milksharing?

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1. World Health Organization. Unicef. 2003. Global Strategy for Infant and Young Child Feeding, bullet 10, p. 14, the WHO states: “Breastfeeding is an unequaled way of providing ideal food for the healthy growth and development of infants; it is also an integral part of the reproductive process with important implications for the health of mothers. As a global public health recommendation, infants should be exclusively breastfed for the first six months of life to achieve optimal growth, development, and health. Thereafter, to meet their evolving nutritional requirements, infants should receive nutritionally adequate and safe complementary foods while breastfeeding continues for up to two years of age or beyond.” ↩︎
2. Pediatric Population
   

   Pediatric Subpopulation	Approximate Age Range
   Newborn	Birth to 1 month of age
   Infant	1 month to 2 years of age
   Child	2 to 12 years of age
   Adolescent	12-21 years of age

   Food and Drug Administration. 2003. Pediatric Expertise for Advisory Panels Nonbinding guidance for the use of medical devices. Although the upper age limit used to define the pediatric population varies among experts, including adolescents up to the age of 21 is consistent with the definition found in several well-known sources. The Center for Devices and Radiological Health (CDRH) believes this age range is generally appropriate for the use of medical devices in pediatric subpopulations but recognizes that there may be cases in which the pediatric population should be defined differently, depending upon the type of device. ↩︎
3. Claire Levenson. Archived. Mothers selling breastmilk … to men ↩︎