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donating breast milk
I am exclusively breastfeeding my 6 month old. I have had an abundant
amount of milk, to where I would "pump & dump". Today I realized, why am I not donating this!!?? So, I called around and realized how valuable donating, yet how rare it is. (The woman in charge at the hospital was paged immediately, so she could call me back. She sounded so excited and kept thanking me for such a wonderful gift!). The hospital works with a nonprofit organization where I would drop off my milk, then they would ship it up to San Jose. There is only one hospital, I found, in the San Diego who does this. I also found a company called Prolacta, with milk banks around the country (and growing). Does anyone donate their milk or have any information/comments?? I feel this is such a gift to babies who really need the benefits of breast milk. |
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Graciesmom writes:
: I am exclusively breastfeeding my 6 month old. I have had an abundant : amount of milk, to where I would "pump & dump". Today I realized, why : am I not donating this!!?? : So, I called around and realized how valuable donating, yet how rare it : is. (The woman in charge at the hospital was paged immediately, so she : could call me back. She sounded so excited and kept thanking me for : such a wonderful gift!). The hospital works with a nonprofit : organization where I would drop off my milk, then they would ship it up : to San Jose. There is only one hospital, I found, in the San Diego who : does this. : I also found a company called Prolacta, with milk banks around the : country (and growing). : Does anyone donate their milk or have any information/comments?? : I feel this is such a gift to babies who really need the benefits of : breast milk. Where are you. There are 8 milk banks in North America (7 in US, I in Canada). They will usually arrange for shipping if you are too far to to there. More information at www.hmbana.org. Larry |
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Hi Graciesmom!
I also am exclusively breastfeeding my 7 month old, and am loving it! I live in the San Diego area so I donate to Two Maids a Milking. They have a website www.2maidsamilking.com. I hope that helps! Let me know if there is anything else I can help with! Chloesmom |
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Graciesmom wrote: Does anyone donate their milk or have any information/comments?? Here's a list of human milk banks: http://www.hmbana.org/index.php?mode=locations I donated to the one at WakeMed when my first daughter was a baby (I over pumped for her and made a one time donation of 500 ounces - actually fedexed them the milk in a container they sent me). Yes, a very worthy thing to do, thanks for doing it! Mary W. |
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Hi again Graciesmom!
Here is a link for the Prolacta Milk banks too! http://www.prolacta.com/locations.html Cheers! |
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Graciesmom wrote:
Does anyone donate their milk or have any information/comments?? Good for you for donating! I could not donate because they follow the WHO guidelines for donating blood and since I've been in Africa after 1970, I can not donate. But, I was able to donate to a research facility, so I hope I did some good! -- Anita -- |
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"Graciesmom" wrote in message
oups.com... I am exclusively breastfeeding my 6 month old. I have had an abundant amount of milk, to where I would "pump & dump". Today I realized, why am I not donating this!!?? So, I called around and realized how valuable donating, yet how rare it is. (The woman in charge at the hospital was paged immediately, so she could call me back. She sounded so excited and kept thanking me for such a wonderful gift!). The hospital works with a nonprofit organization where I would drop off my milk, then they would ship it up to San Jose. There is only one hospital, I found, in the San Diego who does this. I also found a company called Prolacta, with milk banks around the country (and growing). Does anyone donate their milk or have any information/comments?? I feel this is such a gift to babies who really need the benefits of breast milk. It's a wonderful thing you're doing :-) I'm not aware of any milk banks where I am, but regardless I had pump resistance when my daughter was a few months old so there wasn't any extra after that. You could also try posting this at misc.kids.breastfeeding, I know there are a few donors or past donors over there. -- Amy Mum to Carlos born sleeping 20/11/02, & Ana born screaming 30/06/04 http://www.freewebs.com/carlos2002/ http://www.babiesonline.com/babies/a/ana%5Fj%5F2004/ My blog: http://spaces.msn.com/members/querer-hijo-querer-hija/ |
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Thank you everyone for the information. (I'm in the San Diego area).
I'm in the process of the health screening and paperwork, then I can begin donating. I'm so excited to be able to do this. Thank you for all the great information |
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[x-posted to mkb]
Graciesmom wrote: I also found a company called Prolacta, with milk banks around the country (and growing). I note that a gmailer with no usenet posting history has leapt in not once, but twice in this thread to enthusiastically promote Prolacta. Prolacta is not non-profit, no way, nohow. They have set up a nominally "non-profit" collection arm, which they have chosen to name the "National Milk Bank" - the entirety of the milk collected by the NMB is passed on to Prolacta, which is 100% for-profit, privately owned and funded by venture capitalists. They reformulate the milk, because they claim neonatal specialists prefer milk with a "nutritional label" over mother's "generic breastmilk". They openly contend that their pricey brand-name milk is superior to less processed breastmilk. The CEO's mission is to sell the milk to hospitals for thirty days per baby, until they can, in her words "tolerate other milk". Interpret that as you will. They also have an active research and patenting programme, claiming mother's milk components as their own intellectual property. The kicker? They on-sell the processed milk for nearly fifty dollars an ounce. In contrast, HMBANA milk banks, the real non-profit network in the USA, provide donated breastmilk on a needs basis for around around three dollars an ounce. Lara References (for a starting point): http://www.paramuspost.com/article.p...60327012622202 http://www.pasadenastarnews.com/business/ci_3823090 -- www.tafkac.org www.ozclothnappies.org |
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I have to say that I am not convinced on Prolacta's morals, but I feel the
need to nit-pick at Lara's post (sorry!) "Lara" wrote in message ... [x-posted to mkb] Graciesmom wrote: I also found a company called Prolacta, with milk banks around the country (and growing). I note that a gmailer with no usenet posting history has leapt in not once, but twice in this thread to enthusiastically promote Prolacta. Prolacta is not non-profit, no way, nohow. They have set up a nominally "non-profit" collection arm, which they have chosen to name the "National Milk Bank" - the entirety of the milk collected by the NMB is passed on to Prolacta, which is 100% for-profit, privately owned and funded by venture capitalists. In your first link, it does say that the centres who get paid for the donated brastmilk are then able to use that money to fund pregnancy and breastfeeding classes etc : "Karen Plevyak, director of the new Escondido clinic, said the revenue it makes from selling milk to Prolacta will help fund a nonprofit pregnancy clinic and free parenting and breast-feeding classes. "Our goal as educators is to encourage moms to breast-feed to a year," said Plevyak, also a certified lactation educator. " I suppose the centre's may not all use the money for such good causes, and we would only here about the ones that do. They reformulate the milk, because they claim neonatal specialists prefer milk with a "nutritional label" over mother's "generic breastmilk". They openly contend that their pricey brand-name milk is superior to less processed breastmilk. The CEO's mission is to sell the milk to hospitals for thirty days per baby, until they can, in her words "tolerate other milk". Interpret that as you will. You are misquoting here. From your second link, the actual quote is: "During the first 30 days, a baby under 1,500 grams should be receiving 100 percent human milk," Medo said. "By the end of that 30 days, hopefully, the mom's milk has kicked in - or they can tolerate other milk." This is not the same meaning as what you have said. They also have an active research and patenting programme, claiming mother's milk components as their own intellectual property. The kicker? They on-sell the processed milk for nearly fifty dollars an ounce. This to me is where the whole idea of Prolacta being a good thing falls down too. $50 (although I couldn't find this figure on the links) is a lot of money, especially compared to the ~$3 from a non-profit organization. In contrast, HMBANA milk banks, the real non-profit network in the USA, provide donated breastmilk on a needs basis for around around three dollars an ounce. Lara References (for a starting point): http://www.paramuspost.com/article.p...60327012622202 http://www.pasadenastarnews.com/business/ci_3823090 -- Having read the links that you posted and Prolacta's website, I am in two minds about them. I think that we are all agreed that BM is best, especially for preemies. I have recently read a blog on a preemie, and I was suprised to read that the Mum's BM was fortified with formula in order to provide extra calories. If this is a common practice (and not being involved in anything neonatal I don't know), wouldn't it be better to use a milk formula based on human milk rather than a formula based on cow's milk? Against this, I hate the whole idea of mucking around with such a sophisticated substance such as breast milk. It has taken nature a long time to perfect it - who are we to change it? I also bet that Prolacta are doing precious little to help the mothers of the preemies to breastfeed, as that would have an impact on their sales. Suzanne |
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