Shortly after giving birth at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, Meredith Alley found herself visiting her son, Graham, in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU). He had arrived earlier than ...

Don’t cry over spilled milk — but be careful where your baby’s next sip comes from. In the last decade, interest in sharing breast milk — both formally, through milk banks, and informally, within ...

One in 27 first-time mothers in the U.S. reported feeding their infants shared human milk, including from friends, family, and other informal milk-sharing networks. There were 6.1% who reported ...