Women have been sharing breast milk for centuries, and this wonderful practice
of donating breast milk allows more infants to receive the amazing gift of mother's milk.
«The mother's body does not know and continues to produce milk,» he said, and his wife spent a year
donating her breast milk in their daughter's name.
Adoption doesn't automatically mean a baby must be formula fed; many adoptive parents rely
on donated breast milk for their children.
One day at work while cleaning my breast pump parts after a pumping session my friend asked me what I thought
about donating breast milk.
Having a health condition, taking medicines or drinking small amounts of alcohol or coffee will not necessarily rule you out
for donating breast milk.
Some days I had to rush to the hospital with the milk I had expressed the night before, and a few times they were fed
with donated breast milk as I struggled to keep up with their increased feeds.
While there is no reason to be concerned about the safety of using
donated breast milk from a trusted source, it is important to keep a few things in mind when making the decision to feed your baby donated milk.
If your baby is too young for solid foods, or hasn't taken to them much, Gourley suggests you supplement their diet with formula or
donated breast milk if your pediatrician or lactation consultant feel it's necessary.
Months passed, I gave birth to Hazel,
started donating breast milk to Queen Charlotte's and Chelsea Hospital in London, for the second time, and then suddenly in early April mom collapsed.
If you need to give baby feedings away from the breast, use an alternative like a cup, syringe, finger feeding... Supplements should be last resort with pumped breast milk from you or
donated breast milk next.
NICU mom Dara shares how choosing
donated breast milk inspired her to continue pumping during her daughter's recovery and eventually led to a successful breastfeeding relationship.
Women who
donate breast milk do so because they want to help other moms and babies, especially those in need.
I have done everything when it comes to breastfeeding I had to exclusively pump with my girls when they were first born my girls plus that works plus exclusively breastfed usually tandem and I have used formula, I have donated milk, I have
accepted donated breast milk.
It will
process donated breast milk and coordinate distribution of pasteurized donor human milk to feed babies in need, particularly premature and sick infants, when their own mother's milk is not available in sufficient quantity.
Kimberlee Bookhart, a 38 - year - old Kansas City mother, is convinced that
donated breast milk played an important part in saving her baby's life.
Until the banks have
enough donated breast milk to meet demand, women who struggle to nurse are left with the same question: How do you ensure that your baby is getting safe milk?
«IT»S great to be able to immediately
pasteurise donated breast milk when we have a baby that is desperate for it,» says Thabsile Maluleka, a healthcare worker at a human milk bank in Durban, South Africa.
I welcome that as an opportunity, I've
donated some breast milk in the past to other moms and stuff, so I don't think anything bad can come out of having more breast milk, whether it's for my babies or to pump for somebody else.
I am hoping to stop my slacking here soon and
start donating breast milk (There is a milk bank at the hospital where I delivered!)
For others, though, the arrival of their milk is a way to honor the baby who died
by donating their breast milk to milk banks for preemies and other babies in need.
I decided to
donate my breast milk because I was producing so much more then what my baby was consuming and I couldn't bare the thought of dumping it down the drain.