Pittsburgh Business Times - On October 17, Mid-Atlantic Mothers' Milk Bank hosted its Milkshake & Cookies event at the PPG Wintergarden downtown. The event included a contest where local companies were judged by a panel on their baked goods and milkshakes....

Pittsburgh Business Times (September 23, 2024) - Highmark Health and the Highmark Foundation on Monday gave out grants totaling $490,000 to several nonprofits within the Pittsburgh-based health organization's operating area, including the Mid-Atlantic Mothers' Milk Bank out of southwestern Pennsylvania. The awards ceremony was part of...

The Bradford Era - Many newborns in the Maternal and Child Center at Penn Highlands DuBois are breastfed; however, you may be surprised to learn that not all of the breast milk they receive is from their own mothers. Tucked away in the Neonatal Intensive...

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 tube yet. Pumping was hard and having a micropreemie was...

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 hard for me, because with my first two children I...

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 I knew I’d need the milk eventually when I returned...

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 adopting this initiative, either in their neonatal intensive care unit...