MyChesCo (August 6, 2023) - PENNSYLVANIA — The Pennsylvania Department of Health (DOH) Acting Secretary Dr. Debra Bogen visited the Mid-Atlantic Mothers’ Milk Bank (MAMMB) in Pittsburgh on Friday to discuss the benefits of breastfeeding...
WTAJ - (August 4, 2023) - UPMC Altoona now has a local source of nourishment for premature babies and babies whose mothers can’t fully supply their needs. The hospital is now a donation depot for breast...
WJAC (August 2, 2023) - UPMC Altoona launched a new partnership with Mid-Atlantic Mothers' Milk Bank - just in time for not only world breastfeeding week, but national breastfeeding month. Mid-Atlantic Mothers' Milk Bank currently works with more than...
Altoona Mirror (August 2, 2023) - Premature babies or those whose mothers cannot fully supply their needs now have a local source for nourishment. UPMC Altoona recently became the first hospital in the UPMC system and...
I was an overproducer with my second baby when a friend told me about donating my excess breast milk to the Mid-Atlantic Milk Bank. The thought of helping NICU babies who may not have had...
When I found out I was pregnant, I knew immediately I wanted to breastfeed my daughter. At 31 week I started to have concerning symptoms and contractions. A week later, I ended up in the...
My son decided to come into the world 3 weeks early, and needed some help breathing shortly after birth. We had a 7 day stay in Children’s and he received 90 oz of donor milk...
Our daughter Gabriella was born at 32 weeks, 3 lbs, 2 oz. She has multiple congenital anomalies and has had seven total surgeries in the first 15 months. She has impaired feeding and swallowing issues,...
My oldest child was a NICU baby. While I was able to pump enough milk, I saw many families where the opposite was true. With my second and third babies, I decided to donate milk....
