Aunty Milk ✧

Enter the Aunty.

Dr. Eleanor Vance, a paediatric infectious disease specialist in Chicago, has seen the worst-case scenario. “We had a case where a grandmother—the family’s designated ‘aunty’—was unknowingly HIV-positive. She had been feeding her granddaughter for three months. It was devastating. The practice bypasses every safety protocol we have for donor milk.” aunty milk

“They call it ‘aunty milk.’ But it’s just milk. Milk doesn’t know borders. Milk doesn’t have a visa. Milk just wants to feed the baby.” Enter the Aunty

She pauses.