Yes, You Can Donate Your Extra Breast Milk And You Should. Here's Why.
1 year, 6 months ago

Yes, You Can Donate Your Extra Breast Milk And You Should. Here's Why.

Huff Post  

One Ounce At A Time Elisabeth Anderson-Sierra stands in front of her freezers full of breast milk. Just hours after first discussing the possibility of donor milk with her midwife, “I cried with relief while I gave my son his first bottle of donor milk,” Gagne said. “I’m so grateful to these women who spent hours pumping while caring for their own babies so that my son could benefit from their milk.” Parents who adopt or use surrogates also sometimes look for donor milk to feed their babies. “Goldie just turned 3 months old, and I hope to keep her on donor milk for as long as possible.” Milk banks collect donor milk and prepare it for use by preterm infants. It’s just a special superpower that they have,” she said, calling milk donation “one gift that literally keeps on giving and benefiting so many other lives.” How to find donor milk if you’re in need.

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Baby formula shortage fueling spike in milk bank interest
2 years, 10 months ago

Baby formula shortage fueling spike in milk bank interest

Associated Press  

The U.S. baby formula shortage has sparked a surge of interest at milk banks around the U.S. with some mothers offering to donate breast milk and desperate parents calling to see if it’s a solution to keep their babies fed. Biden’s administration also said Friday that formula maker Abbott Laboratories committed to give rebates through August for a food stamp-like …

Could you become a breast milk donor? Here’s everything you need to know
3 years, 2 months ago

Could you become a breast milk donor? Here’s everything you need to know

The Independent  

Sign up for the Independent Women email for the latest news, opinion and features Get the Independent Women email for free Get the Independent Women email for free SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Here’s everything you need to know before donating breast milk and how to become a donor. …

Donor breastmilk gains popularity as mothers choose informal arrangements over milk banks
3 years, 3 months ago

Donor breastmilk gains popularity as mothers choose informal arrangements over milk banks

ABC  

When new mum Christy Johnston wanted to use other mothers' breastmilk to feed her baby, she was worried people would think she was "weird". Key points: A growing number of mothers in Queensland are sharing breastmilk through informal arrangements to feed their babies There is only one established human milk bank in the state that supplies screened and pasteurised milk …

World Breastfeeding Week 2021: Breast Milk Bank and How to Access Them?
3 years, 7 months ago

World Breastfeeding Week 2021: Breast Milk Bank and How to Access Them?

News 18  

Human milk bank or breast milk bank offers a service by which human milk donated by nursing mothers is collected, screened, processed, and dispensed. Any one or more than one of the following situations may make a mother consider donor breast milk: Fostered or adopted babies Production of milk is low and own milk needs to supplemented with donor milk …

Kerala Gets its First Milk Bank but is Donor Milk Safe for Babies? Here's All You Need to Know
4 years, 1 month ago

Kerala Gets its First Milk Bank but is Donor Milk Safe for Babies? Here's All You Need to Know

News 18  

Come this Friday, Kerala will get its first of a kind human milk bank titled ‘Nectar of Life’ at the Ernakulam General Hospital in Kochi, the state’s health minister KK Shailaja announced on Tuesday. “Providing the low birth-weight premature babies, infants whose mothers are unable to provide sufficient milk and babies separated from mothers due to many reasons with the …

Breast milk bank issues call-out to build reserve for emergencies such as bushfires, pandemic
4 years, 10 months ago

Breast milk bank issues call-out to build reserve for emergencies such as bushfires, pandemic

ABC  

Australia's first community-based breast milk bank is hoping four mothers in every 100 can donate breast milk to help build a reserve for emergency events like fire, drought, floods, and now a global pandemic. Key points: The human breast milk reserve will be for emergency services to distribute across Australia The breast milk bank is looking to gather at least …

Breastmilk available to every newborn thanks to new technology
4 years, 11 months ago

Breastmilk available to every newborn thanks to new technology

ABC  

Every Australian newborn could soon have access to donated breastmilk — no matter where they are — after scientists pioneered a way to convert the milk into powder without losing its critical life-saving properties. Key points: Scientists have taken three years to figure out how to process fresh breastmilk into powdered form that can be stored for years It means …

How breast milk banks work and why they're so important for premature babies
5 years, 4 months ago

How breast milk banks work and why they're so important for premature babies

ABC  

In the days after the birth of her twins, Neetu Srivastav had a lot to worry about. While many mothers in Neetu's situation would be forced to rely on formula, she was able to access donor breast milk to support her boys during the critical early stages of their lives. How donor breast milk helps premature babies The Mercy milk …

Mothers sharing their breast milk 'proof ACT needs milk bank', current supplies shipped from near Gold Coast
6 years, 4 months ago

Mothers sharing their breast milk 'proof ACT needs milk bank', current supplies shipped from near Gold Coast

ABC  

Canberra mums are picking up breast milk from strangers' homes to feed their babies because the ACT has no milk bank for babies who are not in hospital care. Key points: Motion calls for ACT to investigate establishing a milk bank Mums turning to social media to seek donated milk ACT milk supply currently shipped from Tweed Heads Labor MLA …

Mum's push for national breast milk banks after death of premature twin
6 years, 9 months ago

Mum's push for national breast milk banks after death of premature twin

ABC  

Yana Williams had never considered donating her breast milk, but she found herself with more than she needed after she gave birth to twins. "Once I moved to Australia and had my own children, I just couldn't understand why I couldn't donate my surplus of breast milk," Mrs West said. Within four weeks Yana Williams had filled freezers at Griffith …

Brisbane breast milk bank urgently needs donations to help save premature babies
7 years, 4 months ago

Brisbane breast milk bank urgently needs donations to help save premature babies

ABC  

One of Australia's largest donor banks for breast milk, which many mothers of premature babies rely on to feed their infants, is running low and could run out of supply altogether. The amount of donated milk at the Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital is dwindling and there are concerns the supply will dry up without more donations. The milk bank …

Mothers swap breast milk on Facebook group so babies don't have to drink formula
8 years, 8 months ago

Mothers swap breast milk on Facebook group so babies don't have to drink formula

Daily Mail  

Mothers are donating their breast milk to strangers on Facebook who are unable to feed their babies naturally but don't want to feed them artificial formula. Kim Pennell, a mother-of-four from Cranbourne in outer-southeast Melbourne, has a special deep freezer stocked with donated milk to feed her newborn daughter Lucy, Herald Sun reported. Thousands of women across Australia are using …

Now breast milk is available in Delhi at the rate of Rs 200 per bottle; know where
8 years, 10 months ago

Now breast milk is available in Delhi at the rate of Rs 200 per bottle; know where

India TV News  

Gurgaon: A good news for mothers who are unable to lactate. Fortis La Femme in association with the Breast Milk Foundation formally launched first National Capital Region’s first human milk bank ‘Amaara’ in Delhi’s posh Greater Kailash locality. According to media reports, the bank will accumulate milk from nursing mothers who have some extra milk, and are ready to give …

Banking on mother’s milk
10 years, 5 months ago

Banking on mother’s milk

The Hindu  

Very close to the women’s wing of the RNT Medical College is small establishment which is braving all odds to pursue its goal of saving babies through breastfeeding. “In a traditional place like Rajasthan where women are not allowed to decide for themselves, even this number is encouraging,’’ Devendra Agarwal, founder of the Bank told The Hindu. So far, the …

Breast Milk Bought Online Has High Levels Of Bacteria
11 years, 5 months ago

Breast Milk Bought Online Has High Levels Of Bacteria

NPR  

Breast Milk Bought Online Has High Levels Of Bacteria Enlarge this image toggle caption Elise Amendola/Associated Press Elise Amendola/Associated Press Online breast milk marketplaces can be a godsend for a mother who might not be producing enough for her baby but still wants her child to get the the health benefits of breast milk. Sponsor Message The researchers tested 101 …

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