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. Both options are seeking donations from mothers who have given birth within the past year and have excess milk beyond what their child needs. They are also both seeking financial donations.“Since we’ve started our depot in March, we’ve had over 40,000 ounces donated,” says Kristina Tucker, assistant director of milk bank and lactation services at Texas Children’s.
“We are serving the most medically fragile babies, so we need to have absolute certainty that the milk is tested, donors are screened and the milk is safe to give to these babies,” says Groff.Count me among them.My baby wasn’t gaining weight. Newborns typically lose about 10 percent of their birthweight shortly after delivery — but they’re supposed to regain it all within two weeks.
I wasn’t, of course. No woman who needs help feeding her child is a failure. But try telling that to a sleep-deprived mother still battling postpartum hormones. So I turned to my lactation consultant again, this time for help connecting with a milk bank as a donor. She put me in touch with MMBA, and after a couple of phone calls, a few emails and one trip for that blood test, I was approved. That was in March, more than 1,000 donated ounces ago.
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