BM on BM (Breast Milk on Black Market)?

Do you know that in Australia, aside for blood bank, they also have bank for breast milk?
And the cost is about $50 a liter?
The awareness of breastfeeding has caused so much demand that breast milk costs $1000 a litre in the Internet?

(or maybe the mothers don't have enough milk or too lazy to pump, no?)

Ummi just can't stop smiling...

****Excerpt from The Daily Chilli****

A black market in breast milk is booming Down Under as parents Down Under are desperate to feed their babies the natural elixir.

They are being charged up to $1000 (RM3,433) a litre in sales done through the Internet.

One of the mothers contacted the Gold Coast-based Mother's Milk Bank to ask what the real "going rate" was for breast milk after online sellers sought an exorbitant amount when she placed a web advert seeking human milk.

Mother's Milk Bank director Marea Ryan told her that the not-for-profit bank sold milk for $50 (RM171.675) for 1.2 litres.

"I think that it is increasing more and more as people become a lot more aware of the benefits of breastfeeding," the Courier Mail quoted Ryan as saying.

Lactation expert Dr Jennifer James from the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT) said she was aware of the growing unregulated black market.

"It is very dangerous because in an unregulated fashion there are no checks and balances, the milk would not have been tested for viruses and bacteria," said Dr James.

Black marketing of breast milk has increased with the advent of the Internet where women advertise.

James said there should be breast milk banks in all major hospitals but blamed inconsistent legislation for making them difficult to set up.

****End of the excerpt****