Personal Stories Archives • Mothers' Milk Bank Northeast

Life, Love And Loss: Embracing The Chaos

4/15/25 Deborah C. Youngblood, CEO Bereaved Parents, Personal Stories

Jessica’s home is bursting at the seams with life and love. Seriously, it is literally bursting at the seams. When I talk with her, one-year-old Elias is careening around while she... More >

Pumping milk and making miracles - Ashley's journey as a milk recipient and donor

127 Days In The NICU – Pumping Milk & Making Miracles

1/13/25 Deborah C. Youngblood, CEO Donors, Personal Stories, Recipients

The end of expectations . . . When your baby spends 127 days in the NICU, life is definitely crazy, Ashley explained. “It would be... More >

Newborn twins, Miracle and Faith, are held in their parents arms

Miracle And The Gift Of Her Milk

12/4/24 Deborah C. Youngblood, CEO Bereaved Parents

First Miracle and then Faith . . . Like too many women, especially women of color, Destiny didn’t feel heard when she was in the... More >

Baby Adelaide’s Legacy – Finding Purpose in Pain

7/15/24 Kerrie Mitchell Burke Bereaved Parents, Personal Stories

Planning and preparing for baby . . . We were so excited to find out we were pregnant. My husband Christian and I each had... More >

Donated by who - donor milk's role in the fight for life

Donated By Who? Donor Milk & The Fight For Life

5/22/24 Deborah C. Youngblood, CEO Recipients

Just 28 weeks and 2 lbs. . . . Jodi was slowly coming out of the haze from the drugs she had required while doctors... More >

Pumping & Paying It Forward

5/2/24 Kerrie Mitchell Burke Donors, Personal Stories, Recipients

Pumping and paying it forward! Speaking with and sharing milk donor Andrea’s story . . . On those New England roots . . . I’m... More >

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