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...
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...