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 while he was on a feeding tube. After we came...
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, aided by a g-tube. She also has acid reflux and...
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. After becoming a milk donor, my mom (a twin) shared...
Today was hard. Bittersweet. Today we packed up the rest of the milk that was supposed to be hers. Since birth, eating was always our biggest worry while also being one of our greatest joys. Leni was premature and had some difficulty feeding. She was...
KDKA (March 29, 2023) - Host Heather Abraham tours the Mid-Atlantic Mothers' Milk Bank, located right here in Pittsburgh, and then sits down with its Executive Director Denise O'Connor and local mom, Faith Perez, to talk about the important work they do for moms and...
My son Chase was born at 32 weeks and was 2lbs 4 ounces when he was born. Chase stayed in the NICU for 51 days due to the need to grow and reflux issues. Due to his reflux issues we unfortunately had to stop feeding...
While my two week old daughter (and firstborn) fought for her life in the hospital, she was unable to have my breast milk. All she could have was TPN. I pumped day and night in the hospital right by her bedside, in hopes that soon...
With my first son, Auggie, I built up a freezer stash of milk in anticipation of my return to work. However, COVID quickly descended upon us, and we no longer had need for the frozen milk. We were fortunate to donate over 300 ounces to...