WTAE (March 20, 2020) - There is now concern that donations to the Mother's Milk Bank in Pittsburgh will start to dip due to the spread of the coronavirus. The director of the Mid-Atlantic Mothers' Milk Bank is asking nursing mothers to consider donating breast milk...
NextPittsburgh (March 20, 2020) - Denise O’Connor, executive director of the Mid-Atlantic Mothers’ Milk Bank, is making sure the region’s youngest residents don’t go hungry during the COVID-19 pandemic. The organization, which opened in 2015 in the Strip District, is ramping up efforts to meet the demand...
Tribune-Review (March 19, 2020) - The head of a Pittsburgh breast milk bank is encouraging healthy mothers to donate milk to families in need, as demand increases during the coronavirus pandemic. Denise O’Connor is executive director of the Mid-Atlantic Mothers’ Milk Bank, based in Pittsburgh’s Strip District. “Donor...
WFMZ-TV (Mar 4, 2020) - Allentown, Pa. - The first breast milk dispensary in Pennsylvania is now open in Lehigh County, and it's ready to serve local mothers and their babies. Ashley Greggo was a breast milk donor for more than a year. "I had an entire...
Jan Mallak, one of our board members and volunteers, has just published a book that teaches children the importance of milk banks while honoring mothers who donate their milk to benefit vulnerable infants. Titled “An Ounce of Sharing…at the Milk Bank,” the story is written...
We are thrilled to share that a project initiated and collaborated on by Mid-Atlantic Mother's Milk Bank is now available to all. Our staff has found that there are few resources sensitive to bereaved families regarding infant loss and postpartum engorgement. We contacted Breastfeeding Medicine of...
Read a fantastic article written by our board member Jan Mallak, published in International Doula Volume 27 Issue 2. 2019....
Chloe was born premature with a congenital heart defect called ‘hypoplastic left heart syndrome.’ The left side of her heart did not develop properly during the first eight weeks of pregnancy and without surgical intervention Chloe would not have survived. Immediately after birth, Chloe was transported...
Twins Tristan and Carson made their way into this world 10 weeks premature at Magee-Womens Hospital, three hours away from home. Carson weighed only 2 lbs. 8oz. and Tristan was a little over 3lbs. They were doing great, then after three weeks the unthinkable happened...
Gideon was born full term and passed his newborn screening with flying colors. At seven weeks, however, his family began to notice weakness in his body movements and functions. At one point, he turned blue in his car seat from not being able to hold...