breastmilk disease transmission statistics?

[bedheadmaestro]

Hi,
I have IGT and am only able to provide about 4 oz./day for my daughter, so I have been blessed with donor milk through Milkshare for a few months now. Last night my DH had a change of heart about feeding my DD donated breastmilk--he will only allow me to feed her the donated milk if it is pasteurized. I don't feel comfortable pasteurizing the milk. I have full trust in my donors, but DH brought up an excellent point: what if the donor mom does not know she has a disease? Such as when the husband/partner cheats and gives the unwitting donor mom an STD? I don't mean to insinuate anything about milk donors, but I have seen that situation happen more than once. And what if it happens to me?
So what I am looking for is if any of you lactivists has any studies handy that show the actual statistics of disease transmission through breastmilk. I know that hepatitis can only be transmitted through cracked and bleeding nipples, for example. But how often does that happen? Many of the kellymom links are broken or lead to subscription-only studies. I am looking for something "scientific" to help my DH feel better about donor milk without pasteurizing. Thanks!

[proudmomof4]

Sorry, this might sound dumb but I'm not a native English speaker: IGT???

[bedheadmaestro]

oh sorry, IGT is "insufficient glandular tissue"- I don't have very many milk glands!

[MaryJaneLouise]

This is a pdf that addresses maternal / child disease transmissions. The diseases they talk about (HIV Heptatitis, etc.) are very rare in people who would be donating to you.

That said, even pasteurized milk would be better than substitue human milk (forumla from cow's milk or soy), so if you can't reach a compromise, I would agree to pasteurized milk over formula.

http://www.ncemch.org/pubs/PDFs/BreastfeedingTIB.pdf

[AAK]

I thought that to be a milk donor (milk bank) you had to go through screening that tested for this stuff? Or, perhaps, you have generous friends???

Amy

[bedheadmaestro]

Originally Posted by MaryJaneLouise

This is a pdf that addresses maternal / child disease transmissions. The diseases they talk about (HIV Heptatitis, etc.) are very rare in people who would be donating to you.

That said, even pasteurized milk would be better than substitue human milk (forumla from cow's milk or soy), so if you can't reach a compromise, I would agree to pasteurized milk over formula.

http://www.ncemch.org/pubs/PDFs/BreastfeedingTIB.pdf

Thank you very much, this is exactly what I was looking for.

Also AAK, there is a Yahoo group called Milkshare that matches milk donors and recipients privately outside of milk banks, which always pasteurize the milk. I have been very fortunate to find several donors there, and I had a family member who donated to me as well. And yes, these women are incredibly generous! I trust them completely, and they do make their medical histories available in lieu of testing, but of course there is always risk. I just wanted to be able to quantify that risk, and it appears to me to be very, very low.

[AislinCarys]

We used donated milk for DD. We just asked our donors to have the tests done, and we paid for it. I don't know if we would have felt differently about it if we hadn't known our donors (one is a nurse, one a student midwife and one teaches natural ante-natal classes). And of course, we had met their husbands, and we knew that neither of them, mums or dads would willingly expose their own breastfed child.