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...
I have always wanted to be a mom and I have always known it was my purpose in life. So after I married my husband in May 2022 we knew we wanted to start a...
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (March 4, 2024) - A Hopewell mom is one of more than 500 donors to the Mid-Atlantic Milk Bank. When Emily DeMaiolo found herself pregnant with high-risk twins, she got advice from one of...
BCTV (January 22, 2024) - Medically vulnerable infants in Pennsylvania will have expanded access to potentially life-saving pasteurized donor human milk thanks to legislation recently passed by the legislature and signed by Governor Josh Shapiro. Act 32 of 2023,...