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
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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
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
Two births, two hospitals, one milk bank
Mothers’ Milk Bank Northeast provides donor milk to a wide range of New Hampshire hospitals, from small community birth places to major regional medical centers. As a result, many ... More
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. ... More
What Inspired Me to Open the Milk Bank
Guess Who Was a Preemie? As the founding director of Mothers’ Milk Bank Northeast, and now president of the Human Milk Banking Association of North America, I am often asked what inspired me to open ... More
