http://www.hmbana.org/
Go to Locations. Find the location nearest you, and then call them and
ask for instructions. She will need permission from her own doctor, as
well as the baby's doctor, and blood tests run. Some banks will only
take milk from neighboring states, but others can take it shipped in
dry ice.
Good luck,
Katie Bredbeck
mama to a 8 month old baby receiving donor milk and a 4 year old who
says "Daddy don't hold the freezer open: the milk is in there!"
On Tuesday, December 7, 2004, at 08:35 PM, Jennifer tieman wrote:
> Me again, about my friend who is pumping for her surviving triplet.
> She
> continues to produce a lot of milk - about 40 oz a day. Baby is up
> now to
> 19cc every 3 hours! (6 oz a day.) She has pretty much run out of
> freezer
> space. The NICU has all they need for quite a while, her freezer and
> her
> mom's freezer are full. She asked today about donating milk. She'd
> rather
> do that then scale back her supply at this point. I recall reading
> that
> preemie milk is in demand at milk banks, but haven't the faintest idea
> how
> to tell her to go about finding out how to donate. Can anyone tell me?
> Her little Zachary is doing okay. He is still on a vent (5 1/2 weeks
> old
> now, corrected age 31 weeks.) He is growing on her milk, though, and
> except
> for his lungs, has no major problems.
> Jennifer Tieman
> Family Physician
> Mom to 4, including my toddler nursling Caroline Rose, who is sleeping
> at
> breast in my arms as I type
>
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