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...
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...
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'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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...