Mid-Atlantic Mothers’ Milk Bank provides hospitals, practices, and organizations with free educational materials. You can help spread the word about milk banking and the importance of milk donation by displaying materials and incorporating information about donor milk into your classes and presentations. All materials for donors, recipients, and bereaved families are available in English and Spanish.
A basic and brief overview of donor milk for inpatients and outpatients.
Suggested uses: Handout when consenting families in NICUs, mother baby units, birth centers; in donor milk depots and dispensaries, WIC offices, lactation centers, and pediatrician/specialist offices.
Basic information about becoming a milk donor.
Suggested uses: Prenatal classes, post-partum packets, NICUs, mother baby units, birth centers, donor milk depots and dispensaries, OB/midwife offices, pediatrician/other community practices, WIC offices, organizations that serve young families and pregnant people.
Outlines safe donor milk storage and handling practices in the home setting. For outpatient use only.
Suggested uses: NICUs, mother baby units, and birth centers that discharge infants on donor milk, donor milk dispensaries and lactation or pediatrician practices that distribute donor milk.
Information about lactation after loss. Topics include: discontinuing lactation, engorgement, comfort measures, the option of donation, how loved ones can provide support.
Suggested uses: NICUs, mother baby units, birth centers, donor milk depots and dispensaries, OB/midwife offices, pediatrician/other community practices, WIC offices, organizations that serve young families and pregnant people.
Summary of available research regarding the effects of donor milk processing methods on the content of human milk.
Suggested uses: neonatologists, pediatricians, specialists, nurses, lactation consultants, and dieticians.