Comments on: MilkShare Site for Informal Breast Milk Donation

By: Informal Breast Milk Sharing or Donation

Informal Breast Milk Sharing or Donation — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 16:18:06 +0000

[...] wrote to tell me her story, and to explain why she supports informal breast milk sharing or donation. Her daughter was born premature at 30 weeks gestation. Fortunately the baby is doing well now and [...]

By: Wayne Hine

Wayne Hine — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 09:23:05 +0000

I am involved in the setting up and supply of equipment for Milk Banks in USA and South America, I am so very pleased to note from my searches and investigation that the population of mothers in the USA are so much more informed than in the UK. Milk Banks and Donor Milk Banks have a central, fundamental place in the healthcare of our Children. There is no milk like mums milk !! The evidence is there !

By: Breastmilk Donation through the Eyes of a Donor | NICU 101

Breastmilk Donation through the Eyes of a Donor | NICU 101 — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 04:22:42 +0000

[...] given prescriptions for breast milk from their doctors. Much to my surprise, there are many other methods to get rid of extra stored breast milk, including informal milk exchanges , and selling it on the [...]

By: Angela White, J.D., breastfeeding counselor

Angela White, J.D., breastfeeding counselor — Sun, 09 Sep 2007 14:25:28 +0000

Thanks for sharing your story Felicia. I’m glad to hear your son thrived on the breast milk!

By: Felicia

Felicia — Sun, 09 Sep 2007 04:42:24 +0000

My family is a very careful and thankful recipient of donor milk that I found through MilkShare. MS was a godsend for us.

I am a breast cancer survivor and was unable to lactate, my son was born with a congenital defect in his GI tract that left him unable to digest formula. Our insurance denied our request for milk bank milk – enter MilkShare. I gathered thorough medical records from each of our 7 donor mamas at our family’s expense and provided each with pumps, bags, and with some a freezer to store milk for us. We traveled up to 6 hours each way sometimes to pick up milk in giant coolers with dry ice – shipping costs about $1/oz, which would have ran us in excess of $200 a week, plus the cost of supplies and packaging. It was cheaper for us to just drive once a month to pick up, plus it afforded us the opportunity to get to know our milk mamas better.

We never bought milk outright, but we did take care of our donor mamas’ expenses and I always brought them a small gift of thanks. The liability of selling your milk is huge, so I never wanted money to change hands but we always tried to be very generous in return for the amazing gift of health they gave our son.

Our little boy is healthy and thriving now at nearly a year old, and he can now digest formula and cow’s milk. We will forever be thankful to the amazing mamas of MilkShare who gave us such a precious and intimate gift.

By: Breastfeeding 1-2-3 » Last Day to Benefit Mothers’ Milk Bank of Ohio

Breastfeeding 1-2-3 » Last Day to Benefit Mothers’ Milk Bank of Ohio — Wed, 31 Jan 2007 21:00:52 +0000

[...] My Lactivist t-shirt arrived the other day! Sorry Jennifer, I’m not the greatest model for your fabulously funny shirts, but I thought I’d show off my new shirt as a way to remind people that today is the last day that 100% of profits from t-shirt sales from the Lactivist CafePress store will be donated to the Mothers’ Milk Bank of Ohio. As I discussed yesterday in the article MilkShare Site for Informal Milk Donation, it’s important to support non-profit milk banks. Whether or not you attended the national nurse-ins at Delta airlines counters or will attend the Wal-Mart nurse-outs this coming Saturday, buying a Lactivist t-shirt to benefit the milk bank is one way you can participate in your own bit of lactation activism. [...]