KDKA (September 19, 2024) - Research shows how critical breast milk is for newborn babies, but when a new mom cannot supply their own, donor milk can be lifesaving. The need is only growing, forcing...
The Bradford Era - Many newborns in the Maternal and Child Center at Penn Highlands DuBois are breastfed; however, you may be surprised to learn that not all of the breast milk they receive is...
Spotlight PA (July 16, 2024) - Eve Lieberum died on her third day of life. But before her death, her mother Abbie Lieberum was able to give the newborn some of her milk. Eve was born...
When my daughter was born at 23 weeks and 5 days, there was very little I could do to take care of her besides pump breastmilk. She couldn’t even have my milk through a feeding...
In May 2015 I had a stillborn baby, my son Caleb, at 35 weeks. I didn’t know about the milk bank at this point, and had to let my milk dry up, which was so...
When my second son was born, I started pumping almost immediately, because I anticipated he would have the same challenges nursing that my first son had. Thankfully, he nursed well, but I kept pumping because...
The Record-Argus (June 20, 2024) - In partnership with the Mid-Atlantic Mothers’ Milk Bank (MAMMB), UPMC Horizon recently began purchasing breast milk for patients. UPMC Horizon joins UPMC Magee-Womens, UPMC Hamot and UPMC Altoona in...
I'm a respiratory therapist and have worked in NICU in the past. When I was pregnant with Anna the goal was to breastfeed her for 6 months. Now we’re almost at 9 months! I can’t...
It’s hard to write our story because I’m not sure where to begin. While I realize there are millions of parents in harder positions than I, it doesn’t make our story any less impacted by...
KDKA (June 4, 2024) - Doctors and nurses will tell you breastmilk does amazing things for babies, but did you know it's also lifesaving? Local hospitals are making babies stronger and healthier thanks to a...