Personal Stories
Donating Through Grief: Lucy’s Grace
Lois shared the story of her daughter Lucy Grace when she learned of the milk bank’s Memorial Quilt, which bears a leaf with the name of every baby whose mother donated...
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Donating Through Grief: Amy and Bryson Anderson’s Story
Originally posted on October 15, 2015. By Amy Anderson, MMBNE First Bereaved Donor My high school sweetheart and I have been together for more than...
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Lakeisha’s Recipient Story
When I had my daughter in 2009, breastfeeding didn’t go as planned. I had an emergency c-section and some trauma that resulted in her being...
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Joanna R.’s Donor Milk Recipient Story
A mother’s urge to feed her child is a primal one. Our identical twin daughters, Sasha and Jocelyn, were born at 36 weeks after what...
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Donating Through Grief: Erica and Brad Therrien
Honoring Kreedence Irene, July 22, 2014 Brad and I met in April 2011. It didn’t take us long to decide that we wanted to build...
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Baby Anthony’s Story
Photo credit: Amanda Saldarelli Photography Anthony is a baby who received milk from MMBNE. His mother shared this story with Cynthia Cohen, our Director of...
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