Donor Milk: How Donating and Receiving Breastmilk Helped These Moms

#459: Twenty moms share their stories about how donating extra breastmilk or being recipients of donor human milk helped enriched their family life. Donor milk is essential for reducing the risk of necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC), a deadly bowel disease in premature babies…but there are so many other benefits to donating and utilizing human milk for babies too.

Listen to this episode to learn:

1. How moms with extra breastmilk are able to help premature babies in need
2. What donor milk recipients feel like when they receive donated milk 
3. Why you might consider donating extra breastmilk and how to do that safely

Shownotes for this episode can be found here:

https://www.babyledweaning.co/podcast/459

Links from this episode:

• University of California Health Milk Bank website
• UC Health Milk Bank Cherry Blossom Program for bereaved mothers
• HMBANA - donate breastmilk here
• Nec Society website

Other Episodes Related to this Topic

• Episode 436 - How Long Can I Breastfeed? with Ronietra Stewart, RDN, IBCLC
• Episode 424 - Breastfeeding & Starting Solid Foods: When Will My Milk Supply Drop Off? with Jessica Smith, MSN, RN, IBCLC
• Episode 470 - Milk Banks and Moms: How Your Extra Breastmilk Can Save Lives with @ucmilkbank Alison Wolf, CPNP, IBCLC

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