When a registered dietitian donates milk, we are eager to hear her story. Nutrition experts like Allison Bruno understand at a deep level the effects that optimal feeding has on a person’s lifelong ... More
Personal Stories
You Are Never Alone: Andrea’s Story of Love, Loss, and Milk Donation
Andrea shares her story of love, loss, and milk donation; read more about Andrea and other three-time milk donors in a previous blog post. I am so honored to have been asked to share Ryan’s story ... More
Three’s a Charm: Milk Donors Who Keep Coming Back
When a milk donor shared a photo of her three children, and we realized she had donated milk with all three, we got curious: how many three-time donors did we have? Was she the first? Imagine our ... More
Mom of NICU Graduates Pays it Forward with 3,000 Ounces of Donor Milk
Milk donor Julie Garber and her two little NICU graduates paid it forward in a big way: with a donation of over 3,000 ounces of milk at our depot at South Shore Hospital! Julie is the mother of eight ... More
Navigating the Unexpected: How Donor Milk Helped Baby Emme
Megan tells the story of how donor milk helped provide a bridge to breastfeeding after some unexpected situations during her daughter’s birth and early days. By Megan Cicolello Before my ... More
Lifesaving Donor Breast Milk for Baby Boaz
By Ashira Zehavi Having nursed my first child, I never expected that donor breast milk would save the life of my second. At 31 weeks, I developed a life-threatening medical condition, and our ... More
