Personal Stories
Donating Through Grief: Amy Stebner and Baby Ryder
There are so many things that people don’t think about when a mother loses her child. One of the things is what she goes through physically, and every story is unique....
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Donating Through Grief: Leeona’s Little Life
By Kassie Lee Cook-Herrick This is possibly Leeona’s final gift to our world. She gave every bit of herself that she could. She was able...
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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...
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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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