There is nothing like breast milk. Know the vitamin B12 content of your breast milk
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Test the vitamin B12 level in YOUR breastmilk
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Get personalized nutrition recommendations how to raise vitamin B12 in YOUR milk
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All from the convenience of your home
Low vitamin B12 in milk can precede blood detectable deficiencies
The test is intended for use by exclusively breastfeeding women whose diet is low in animal food sources, and between 4 weeks and 6 months after delivery.
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Results will normally be available 4-7 days after sample arrival
Order includes:
Milk sampling kit sent to your address
Medical laboratory testing
Results are received in your secured online account (generating during order procedure)
Result example*This test is not considered diagnostic and is not qualified to diagnose or reject a medical condition
Breast milk, the "gold standard" for infant nutrition, is rich with nutrients, as well as living cells, antibodies, enzymes and growth factors, all of which, promote babies’ health and development, and establish breast milk’s superiority to any alternative. Health authorities strongly recommend exclusive breastfeeding for the first six months of life and continued breastfeeding for at least 12-24 months.
DISCOVER YOUR BREAST MILK.
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Vitamin B12 (cobalamin) level in breast milk is considerably influenced by the mother’s dietary intake. Women whose diet is low in animal food sources are at risk of developing relatively low vitamin B12 in breast milk.
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Breast milk vitamin B12 levels are primarily affected by current maternal diet, rather than her bodily vitamin stores.
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Vitamin B12 shortage in breast milk can be detected long before such deficiency can be detected in the mother's blood.
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What if test results show a relatively low vitamin B12 level in my milk? In most cases (not extreme cases) deficiencies are not severe and do not pose any immediate risk to your baby. Such deficiencies can easily be overcome with appropriate nutritional adjustments to the breastfeeding mother’s diet. MyMilk test results are accompanied with appropriate nutrition recommendations. Health authorities state that for breastfeeding mothers of babies under the age of 6 months, it is better to increase their own vitamin intake rather than give any external food or supplement to their babies.
Vitamin B12 is a micronutrient (a component that is found in very micro- amounts) classified as priority 'Group 1' for lactating women. This group includes nutrients, whose low intake by a breastfeeding mother, can manifest in low milk vitamin B12 levels, which in turn can cause a deficiency in the infant. .low Vitamin B-12 in breast milk, can lead to further infant stores depletion, and can have undesirable health and developmental effects on the breastfed baby. Increasing maternal vitamin B12 intake can improve its levels in breast milk.
Vitamin B12 (cobalamin), functions as a cofactor of critical enzymes in the synthesis of the nerve myelin and thus is important for nervous system function. Infants’ B12 stores at birth, located in their liver normally last for the first few weeks of life, after which, infants receive this vitamin from breast milk. Inadequate vitamin B12 in breast milk can lead to infants’ storage depletion, which in turn may lead to undesirable developmental and health outcomes to the developing child, predominantly in the second half of the first year of life.
Clinical vitamin B12 deficiency in breastfed babies are very rare, and usually are limited to cases in which a prolonged nutritional deficiency was present prior to clinical manifestation of the deficiency. Signs and symptoms of clinical vitamin B12 deficiency in infants include vomiting, anemia, failure to thrive, hypotonia (low muscle tone), poor infant growth and developmental delay/regression. Cases of exclusively breast fed infants that present with severe symptoms of vitamin B-12 deficiency are very rare and only appear following a prolonged extreme deficiency. A sub-clinical vitamin B12 deficiency (in which vitamin levels are below the recommended level, yet clinical signs are not apparent) or inadequate Vitamin B12 intake by breastfeeding mothers, are frequent, although the health consequence of these conditions is yet unknown.
Early detection of suboptimal vitamin B12 levels in breast milk is important for deficiency prevention and adequate storage maintenance, for your baby’s optimal development.
GLOBAL TRENDS – WHERE ARE U?
Vitamin B-12 deficiency and subclinical deficiency are common globally, including industrial and western countries, including Europe. Moreover, modern lifestyles and current diet trends, account for inadequate animal food sources in lactating women’s diet, leading to lower than recommended vitamin B12 daily intakes.
A true deficiency or a marginal vitamin B12 status is prevalent when intake of animal food sources (such as meat, egg, fish and dairy) is low. Risk of a B-12 deficiency is not limited to those following strict vegetarian or vegan diets, but is also apparent in women whose intake of meat is low.
According to the National Academy of Press, the B12 in mother's milk is more affected by current maternal B12 intake rather than mother's vitamin B12 liver stores.
My daughter was 5 month old when I did MyMilk test. I exclusive breastfed her, and since her diet was solely depend on my milk, I was interested to know my own milk nutritional value. Moreover, as I am vegan, I was conserved that specific vitamins are deficient in my blood and milk, and I wondered if I should be supplemented. In the test I revealed that all is good, except for a small reduction in B12 levels. Following the test, I started to take vitamin supplements, and I checked my blood to reveal my own deficiencies. Today my daughter is 1 year old, and I still breastfeeding. Motherhood is accompanied by many concerns, a simple test can reduce the concern regarding your baby nutrition, and thus is important to my point if view. The test really calm me down, and made me feel certain regarding my daughter nutrition. As I recommend all my friends to breastfeed, I definitely recommend tem to do this test .
Tal Even-Chen
Efrat Manor Havshush
Limor Amitsur
How it Works?
Wide range breast milk test at the comfort of your home in 4 easy steps.
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Order
Select and order tests from MyMilk catalog. MyMilk collecting kit is posted to you.
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Home Sampling
Sample breast milk at your home according to MyMilk collection instructions.
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Pickup
Milk sample is delivered from your home to MyMilk service laboratories.
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Get Results Online
Receive a report including lab results and personalized recommendations
MyMilk Innovation center for breast milk analysis.
MyMilk is a breast milk analysis service providing each breastfeeding mom with personal information about her own milk properties, reassuring mothers’ confidence in their natural nourishing abilities and enabling individualized nutritional optimization. MyMilk center is dedicated to human milk analysis, research and development. MyMillk Laboratories tests are based mainly on chromatography methods , immunological methods and bacteriological methods, among others, developed by our research group. MyMilk vision is to promote breastfeeding and human milk quality by science-based means, for the benefit of mothers and babies worldwide.
MyMilk tests are performed in certified clinical laboratories, AML.
