Comments on: New Information on the International Breast Milk Scam Project http://www.breastfeedingsymbol.org/2007/07/23/new-information-on-the-international-breast-milk-scam-project/ Fri, 05 Dec 2008 12:54:35 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.1 By: The International Breastfeeding Symbol » Blog Archive » You’re Going to Want to Read This http://www.breastfeedingsymbol.org/2007/07/23/new-information-on-the-international-breast-milk-scam-project/#comment-21 The International Breastfeeding Symbol » Blog Archive » You’re Going to Want to Read This Thu, 26 Jul 2007 02:55:52 +0000 http://www.breastfeedingsymbol.org/2007/07/23/new-information-on-the-international-breast-milk-scam-project/#comment-21 [...] how I talked incessantly about the International Breast Milk Project? And then I talked some more? Well, I’m not done [...] […] how I talked incessantly about the International Breast Milk Project? And then I talked some more? Well, I’m not done […]

]]> By: MamaBear http://www.breastfeedingsymbol.org/2007/07/23/new-information-on-the-international-breast-milk-scam-project/#comment-17 MamaBear Wed, 25 Jul 2007 04:43:24 +0000 http://www.breastfeedingsymbol.org/2007/07/23/new-information-on-the-international-breast-milk-scam-project/#comment-17 That's interesting... When I called iThemba Lethu, the director of the milk bank, Penny Reimers, told me that a shipment from Prolacta lasted them about four months. She said the last shipment was the 55,000 ounce one, and she also mentioned that it took four months to finish it even including the South African milk donations...She told me each child drank about a liter of milk a day, so roughly 34 ounces each child/day. Multiply by six and you get 204 ounces per day consumed by the whole orphanage. Take 55,000 ounces, divide by 204 ounces/day and you get 269 days, which is almost nine months. I don't see how they could drink 55,000 ounces in four months, especially with the extra donations coming from their local bank. I didn't think much of it until you mentioned this. Maybe she estimated wrong and each child is drinking two liters a day instead of one? Then the numbers she gave me would make sense. Still, that's an awful lot of milk for one baby to be drinking. Something's not adding up... Maybe some of the milk is being stolen? Also, Mary Jane, Prolacta's last shipment of 55,000 ounces was a lot but it's an anomaly. On the IBMP page, they mention that their next shipment will be 5300 ounces in late April: http://www.breastmilkproject.org/about_us.php. Late April has come and gone and that shipment hasn't gotten there yet, at least according to the director of the iThemba Lethu milk bank (I called very early this morning to interview her). Anyway, if iThemba Lethu goes through 55,000 ounces in four months for six kids, then 5300 ounces will last them about a tenth as long. None of this is to take away from the fact that Penny Reimers expressed nothing but complete gratitude toward Jill Youse and Prolacta, as I would if I were in her situation. However: everything I've written, I stand by. That’s interesting… When I called iThemba Lethu, the director of the milk bank, Penny Reimers, told me that a shipment from Prolacta lasted them about four months. She said the last shipment was the 55,000 ounce one, and she also mentioned that it took four months to finish it even including the South African milk donations…She told me each child drank about a liter of milk a day, so roughly 34 ounces each child/day. Multiply by six and you get 204 ounces per day consumed by the whole orphanage. Take 55,000 ounces, divide by 204 ounces/day and you get 269 days, which is almost nine months.

I don’t see how they could drink 55,000 ounces in four months, especially with the extra donations coming from their local bank. I didn’t think much of it until you mentioned this. Maybe she estimated wrong and each child is drinking two liters a day instead of one? Then the numbers she gave me would make sense. Still, that’s an awful lot of milk for one baby to be drinking.

Something’s not adding up… Maybe some of the milk is being stolen?

Also, Mary Jane, Prolacta’s last shipment of 55,000 ounces was a lot but it’s an anomaly. On the IBMP page, they mention that their next shipment will be 5300 ounces in late April: http://www.breastmilkproject.org/about_us.php. Late April has come and gone and that shipment hasn’t gotten there yet, at least according to the director of the iThemba Lethu milk bank (I called very early this morning to interview her). Anyway, if iThemba Lethu goes through 55,000 ounces in four months for six kids, then 5300 ounces will last them about a tenth as long.

None of this is to take away from the fact that Penny Reimers expressed nothing but complete gratitude toward Jill Youse and Prolacta, as I would if I were in her situation. However: everything I’ve written, I stand by.

]]> By: MaryJaneLouise http://www.breastfeedingsymbol.org/2007/07/23/new-information-on-the-international-breast-milk-scam-project/#comment-16 MaryJaneLouise Wed, 25 Jul 2007 01:54:09 +0000 http://www.breastfeedingsymbol.org/2007/07/23/new-information-on-the-international-breast-milk-scam-project/#comment-16 From the IBMP's website: "To date, we have collected nearly 55,000 ounces of breast milk." Sounds impressive, no? Well, divide by 25 ounces (low average daily consumption for a baby) and you get 2,200 baby-days of feeding. Still impressive. Divide by 365 days in a year, and you get........ 6. 6 baby-years worth of donations. From the IBMP’s website:

“To date, we have collected nearly 55,000 ounces of breast milk.”

Sounds impressive, no? Well, divide by 25 ounces (low average daily consumption for a baby) and you get 2,200 baby-days of feeding. Still impressive. Divide by 365 days in a year, and you get…….. 6. 6 baby-years worth of donations.

]]> By: MamaBear http://www.breastfeedingsymbol.org/2007/07/23/new-information-on-the-international-breast-milk-scam-project/#comment-15 MamaBear Mon, 23 Jul 2007 19:18:07 +0000 http://www.breastfeedingsymbol.org/2007/07/23/new-information-on-the-international-breast-milk-scam-project/#comment-15 Prolacta told me. Please don't take my word for it. Verify it with Prolacta yourself: 1-888-776-5228. Call them and ask them how much they charge for their product. They told me they charge $6.25/milliliter, and if you convert that to ounces, you get $184.83/ounce. You won't find this information anywhere else on the internet. I am the first place I know of who has discovered this, because I called and asked them. Prolacta told me. Please don’t take my word for it. Verify it with Prolacta yourself: 1-888-776-5228. Call them and ask them how much they charge for their product. They told me they charge $6.25/milliliter, and if you convert that to ounces, you get $184.83/ounce. You won’t find this information anywhere else on the internet. I am the first place I know of who has discovered this, because I called and asked them.

]]> By: Jen http://www.breastfeedingsymbol.org/2007/07/23/new-information-on-the-international-breast-milk-scam-project/#comment-14 Jen Mon, 23 Jul 2007 18:54:09 +0000 http://www.breastfeedingsymbol.org/2007/07/23/new-information-on-the-international-breast-milk-scam-project/#comment-14 I'm no fan of Prolacta, but can I ask for a reference on where you came up with $184.83 per ounce? I’m no fan of Prolacta, but can I ask for a reference on where you came up with $184.83 per ounce?

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