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Is Milk Exchange Normal?
Edited from original 2016 post, updated for 2018 National Public Health Week. As we have discussed in our previous National Public Health Week blogs, breastfeeding is the biological norm. However, we...
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Portsmouth Regional Hospital: Donor Milk Helps Raise Exclusive Breast Milk Feeding Rates
Portsmouth Regional Hospital began offering pasteurized donor human milk in 2015—initially because a parent requested it—and soon thereafter noted a remarkable effect: exclusive breast milk...
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Donating, receiving, and donating milk again: Anusha’s story
Imagine our excitement when Anusha came full circle, from donating, to receiving, to donating milk with us again! It warms our hearts when moms who...
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Newest Medical Board Member Susan Laster Seeks to Increase Donor Milk Awareness
A warm welcome to Dr. Susan Laster, the newest member of the milk bank’s Medical Advisory Board and advocate for donor milk awareness. Our...
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Receiving and Donating Breast Milk: Kristin and Ella’s Story
Kristin tells her story of receiving and donating breast milk, thanks to a partnership between the hospital where baby Ella was born and Mothers’...
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Donating Milk to Save Lives: Gricelda and Baby Cinco
George V, aka Five or Cinco. By Gricelda Simler I donated milk after hearing the tragic story of my sister’s friend’s babies in Venezuela. She...
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