https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sun, 07 Jun 2026 19:15:07 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/breast-milk-donation#post-13302 Thu, 10 Nov 2011 11:47:44 +0000 anbanan15 13302@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Thank you for posting this! I'm in need of donating some milk and possibly becoming a full time donor. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/breast-milk-donation#post-7943 Wed, 02 Nov 2011 01:26:02 +0000 mrsnarbonne 7943@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>You can also check out the Human Milk Banking Association of North America - <a href="http://www.hmbana.org/donate-milk" rel="nofollow">http://www.hmbana.org/donate-milk</a> - to find the nearest milk bank to you. All the member milk banks are non-profits and they pool and process the donated milk so that it's more uniform and safe for babies. (They are not working with commercial providers of human milk-based products.)</p> <p>Preemies that get breast milk have much better health outcomes, with significantly lower rates of problems like necrotizing enterocolitis and late-onset sepsis.</p> <p>As a donor, the screening and shipping of the milk is paid for by the milk bank. I donated milk this past summer, and it was a great feeling to be able to help others who need it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/breast-milk-donation#post-7181 Sat, 29 Oct 2011 09:08:22 +0000 MegWag 7181@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I have a friend who introduced me to the concept of milk banking after the inter-utero death of one of her twins. I think it's awesome and I now hope I'm able to donate after I give birth. Way to go! There's no reason saving the lives of babies should be controversial! :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/breast-milk-donation#post-7162 Sat, 29 Oct 2011 01:24:44 +0000 tequiero21 7162@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>thanks for letting us know that was even an option! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/breast-milk-donation#post-7157 Fri, 28 Oct 2011 23:16:10 +0000 sandsandmore 7157@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm an EP. I started pumping because I had too -- my boys were born premature. My original goal was to pump until both my boys made it home from the NICU, but one of my sons died at 5 months (his brother came home at 3 months). During that time I accumulated a chest freezer full of milk. </p> <p>I've previously posted about excess lipase in the milk. Sebastien refuses to drink it; hell, I've tried it and it's disgusting. Thankfully I still produce enough to cover his daily needs. But what do I do will all that frozen milk?! </p> <p>I've thought about doing a mom-to-mom donation since there are a lot of Facebook groups now that cater to that, but if my son won't drink my defrosted milk, why would any other baby? And I don't want to give another mom a ton of frozen milk only for her to find out her baby doesn't like it either.</p> <p>So I'm donating it to a milk bank. These are sometimes controversial, but I don't care. These banks work with a company called Prolacta, where they pool donor milk, pasteurize it, and create human milk products for preemies or very sick babies. My own son, the one who died, received Prolacta products in the NICU at one point when my milk wasn't available for him for a few days. Donor milk is very expensive, but hospitals tend to absorb the cost rather than billing insurance, amazingly enough.</p> <p>Anyway, long story short, I'm donating my frozen milk to help other babies. Donor milk helped my son, so I'm happy to be helping other babies who need it. </p>