breast milk testing - for better breastfeeding

Know
YOUR
Breastmilk
Nutritional value

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.

KEEP TRACK OF KEY VITAMINS
IN YOUR BREAST MILK

Because your milk is the most important food in the world.

MyMilk tests are designed to screen key vitamins important for your baby's optimal growth and development, that are affected by your nutrition choices and habits.

Vitamin composition in breast milk:
Panel include:
Vitamin B6
Vitamin B12
Vitamin A
Calories
Fat

Contact us for more info about the availability of this panel

Mothers that order the test will receive a text/phone session with a certified lactation consultant or clinical dietician regarding their results with no extra charge

Get personal nutritional facts of YOUR breast milk
Get personalized food recommendations that may make YOUR milk even better
All from the comfort of your home

* Energy value (calories) and fat percentage are normally NOT affected by maternal diet or nutritional status. A healthy baby breastfed-by-will take the amount required to fulfill his energetic needs.

GET YOUR BREAST MILK NUTRITIONAL FACTS.

MyMilk nutritional profiling focus on first priority vitamins for lactating women, which are affected by your diet and your body status, and are of importance for baby development and health.

ITS CLEAR AND SIMPLE.

MyMilk Nutritional Facts give you information regarding the amount of the vitamin in your breast milk, and its level relative to the average levels in milk of well-nourished mothers of healthy babies. Values are accompanied with infographics for illustration and easy understandings, combined with color scale. Bar-filling reflects the level of the analyte relative to the average in milk of healthy mothers.
Green=above average
Orange=below lower average
Pink= relatively low

MyMilk profile includes calories, fat value and carbohydrates, and their wide reference value.

INFO AND RECOMMENDATIONS.
MyMilk results are accompanied with explanations and nutritional recommendations based on your milk profiling and your reported diet and habits, as filled in your personal account online. For nutrients that can benefit from nutritional improvements, results includes food table for good sources of the vitamin and recommended intake for lactating women.
Different nutrients in your milk can be improved at various timelines, studied demonstrated timelines ranges between hours to weeks from changes in intake. The relevant info for each analyte is provided in the results.

Your breast milk is an amazing gift. Give your baby AN EVEN BETTER START.

YOU ARE WHAT YOU EAT. IT IS IN YOUR HANDS TO OPTIMIZE YOUR BABY’s nutrition.

Monitor your breast milk for key vitamin levels, for your baby's optimal growth and development Establish and maintain better nutrient stores for your child.

Vitamin A is required for baby’s vision function, growth, and development. Vitamin B6 functions as a coenzyme in metabolic processes and is critical for the infant’s brain development, immune function, and growth.
Vitamin B12 (cobalamin) is a cofactor essential for infant's nervous system development.

Infants’ vitamin stores at birth normally last for the first few days-weeks of life, after which, infants receive these key vitamins from breast milk. Inadequate levels of one of these key vitamin in breast milk can lead to infants’ storage depletion. Infant storage depletion may lead to undesirable developmental and health outcomes to the developing child, predominantly revealed only later, in the second half of the first year of life.

Low B12 levels in the milk can be apparent long before a deficiency can be detected in the mother’s blood.

Clinical vitamin deficiency in breastfed babies are rare, and usually are limited to cases in which a prolonged nutritional deficiency was present prior to clinical manifestation of the deficiency. A sub-clinical vitamin deficiency (in which vitamin levels are below the recommended level, yet clinical signs are not apparent) or inadequate Vitamin intake by breastfeeding mothers, are frequent, entering the population at risk for future deficiency development.

EARLY DETECTION OF SUBOPTIMAL VITAMIN LEVELS IN BREAST MILK IS IMPORTANT FOR DEFICIENCY PREVENTION AND ADEQUATE STORAGE MAINTENANCE, FOR YOUR BABY’S OPTIMAL DEVELOPMENT.

DISCOVER YOUR BREAST MILK.

Because your milk is the most important food in the world.

KEY VITAMINS IN YOUR BREAST MILK ARE AFFECTED BY YOUR NUTRITION CHOICES AND HABITS.

MyMilk tests are designed to screen the key vitamins classified as Group 1 nutrients for lactating women (Vitamins B1, B2, B6, B12, A). Group 1 nutrients for lactating women includes vitamins whose low intake by a breastfeeding mother can manifest in low milk vitamin levels, which in turn may cause a deficiency in the infant. Breast milk levels of these vitamins are primarily affected by current maternal diet, rather than her bodily vitamin stores.

Woman whose diets are short of animal food sources are at higher risk of developing inadequate levels of vitamin A, B6 and B12 levels. Suboptimal maternal nutrient intake can result in low milk nutrient levels. Low Vitamin in breast milk can lead to further infant stores depletion, and can have undesirable health and developmental effects on the breastfed baby.

MyMilk nutritional value include testing calories, fat content and caffeine in your milk.
ENSURE THE BEST FOR YOUR BABY.
Find out which key vitamin in your milk can get even better.

* Vitamin B12 shortage in breast milk can be detected even before such deficiency can be detected in the mother's blood, and long before detected in the infant.

What if test results show a relatively low level of some vitamin 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

GLOBAL TRENDS – WHERE ARE U?

The prevalence of nutritional deficiencies of a few essential vitamins primarily in their sub-clinical form is reported to be quite high and is not limited to developing countries. Some deficiencies are prevalent in industrialized countries, including US, Canada and EUROPE.
Modern lifestyles and current diet trends, account for inadequate animal food sources (such as meat, egg, fish and dairy) in lactating women’s diet, leading to lower than recommended daily intakes of vitamin B12 , B6, A. Risk of a deficiency is not limited to those following strict vegetarian or vegan diets, but is also apparent in women whose intake of meat is low.

Vitamin B-12 and B6 deficiency and predominantly subclinical deficiency (marginal status) are common in the population, and even higher in women at fertility age .
Low nutrient consumption. Inadequate consumption of some key vitamins, when related to with current recommendations for lactating women, are noted. The busy and demanding nature of lactating mothers’ lifestyle in the modern society might be an explanation to that.

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

As nutrition and health are close to my hart, I check the nutritional value of every possessed food that I buy. Breast milk does not come with nutritional facts, and is of course not a processed food, rather a superfood, best food for our baby just as nature made it. Still, it was great to know, by MyMilk help, what my own milk contains. Is it really supply all the nutritional needs of my baby? The vitamins, fat, and more. Thank you for letting me really see that my milk has all is needed.

Efrat Manor Havshush

Hillel is my second baby . I breastfed my big son almost 3 years. As a mom, I know, that every baby is different, and as such, also, each breastfeeding is different. Hillel breastfeeding was accompanied by many challenges. I did not had appropriate maternity leave, and It was much more stressed period than during my first son birth. I can not say that I strictly follows my diet as I used to be. I wanted to know if there is any deficiency or even some imbalance. MyMilk test results strengthen deficiencies that I assumed to be existent, but were not gotten my attention and treatment. I am intended to continue breastfeeding, as long as it fits us both. Without time limitations.

Limor Amitsur

How it Works?

Wide range breast milk test at the comfort of your home in 4 easy steps.

1

Order

Select and order tests from MyMilk catalog. MyMilk collecting kit is posted to you.
2

Home Sampling

Sample breast milk at your home according to MyMilk collection instructions.
3

Pickup

Milk sample is delivered from your home to MyMilk service laboratories.
4

Get Results Online

Receive a report including lab results and personalized recommendations

KEEP TRACK OF KEY VITAMINS IN YOUR BREAST MILK

Your breast milk is an amazing gift. Give your baby AN EVEN BETTER START.

YOU ARE WHAT YOU EAT. IT IS IN YOUR HANDS TO OPTIMIZE YOUR BABY’s nutrition.

DISCOVER YOUR BREAST MILK.

GLOBAL TRENDS – WHERE ARE U?

How it Works?

Wide range breast milk test at the comfort of your home in 4 easy steps.

Order

Home Sampling

Pickup

Get Results Online

KEEP TRACK OF KEY VITAMINS
IN YOUR BREAST MILK