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 even believe it....
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 this milk bank! I first found out about donor milk...
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 milk bank in the Pittsburgh area. There's a building along Penn...
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 family right away!...
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 the best sources she knew: her mom, a longtime nurse...
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, Owen’s Law, takes effect this week and increases access to pasteurized donor human...
Pittsburgh Union Progress (January 21, 2014) - It has taken five years, but Medicaid will now cover prescribed and pasteurized breast milk as critical nourishment for medically fragile infants in Pennsylvania....
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (January 19, 2024) - Amid the hum of industrial freezers, numerous state legislators and health officials packed into a back room at the Mid-Atlantic Mothers’ Milk Bank in the Strip District Wednesday. With cookies and speeches, they marked the passage of “Owen’s Law”...
Kidsburgh (January 18, 2024) - A new law takes effect across Pennsylvania on Jan. 20 that will help medically fragile babies. Act 32, known as Owen’s Law, will provide medical coverage for breast milk that’s been donated and pasteurized for infants whose mother’s milk is...
Latrobe Bulletin (January 18, 2024) - Medically vulnerable infants in Pennsylvania will have expanded access to potentially lifesaving pasteurized donor human milk thanks to legislation recently passed by the Legislature and signed by Gov. Josh Shapiro. Act 32 of 2023, Owen’s Law, takes effect this week...