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I remember being asked if the reason for donating was due to an infant’s death or an oversupply. I said it was the latter but really it was both. Our twin girls Isla and Zoe...

18 December, 2023

I gave birth to my daughter Kya in April. She was born at 37 weeks and struggled with hypoglycemia during our hospital stay. In order to help get her blood sugars up; I would nurse...

18 December, 2023

My son, Maverick, was born in September 2022 with some known medical complexities that required a NICU stay and early surgery. His first night in the hospital, away from me, he received donor milk. When...

12 December, 2023

I shouldn’t have been surprised that my daughter was born with a discerning palate. My husband and I are self-described “foodies” after all, and we streamed a steady diet of baking and cooking shows while...

28 October, 2023

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...

01 August, 2023

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...

01 August, 2023

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...

23 May, 2023

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,...

23 May, 2023

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....

23 May, 2023