Donating Breastmilk

[sosayweall]

I haven't donated because I never had extra, but would love to if I produce more this time.

We received a bottle of donated milk at discharge from the hospital because DS had lost too much weight and my milk hadn't come in. It was such a godsend and there was such a difference in DS as soon as he started it. I am so thankful to whoever donated it.

[aaemommy]

No experience but I googled "donor milk banks (city name)" and it popped up with several here in the city. Maybe start there and see if you can find reviews/ philosophies of each one you find to decide where you want to give?

[cdseno]

Search Human Milk 4 Human Babies (your state) and see if anything comes up.
This is their website if you want more info. mobile.dudamobile.com/site/hm4hb?url=http%3A%2F%2Fhm4hb.net%2F&dm_redirected=true#2558

[aaemommy]

Ahh. I misunderstood. Good luck finding something! It's so great you're able to donate to LO's that need it!

[weeklyplanner]

Any friend of a friend type situations? I had extra milk due to food sensitivities and gave it to my nephew. At first sil said "Oh I don't think we will need it," but then a few weeks in she said they were using it once a day for a bottle.

Oddly enough, twice my mom has asked me if I still have extra for two different friend's of hers new grand babies. I guess they've become their own little BM network, lol.

[bonnesetter27]

I've donated in 2 different ways. I did what cdseno suggested and used human milk for human babies. I also donated to 2 friends who were having trouble producing.

[annapunkalunka]

I've donated a couple times. Once was to a friend of a friend and another time was through my local hospital. A mom had reached out to their lactation consultant and I asked if they needed any. She took all I had.

[skylark002]

I'm still floored that you have 1600 oz. extra.

[khopec]

Just noticed this thread I donated a bunch to my local milk bank which I found through mothersmilk.org they even had a free shipping option if you couldn't donate in person or were not local to a bank. I also had a lady offer to come and pick it up from me from the organization. I did have to have some blood testing done at no cost to me to be an approved donor.

[lucilleaustero]

Long Island is like a hundred years behind with milk banks and hospital donors. So, I gave my extra pumped to Human Milk for Human Babies. Just went through their facebook page.

[shevacc]

I also used Human Milk for Human Babies. Each state has a facebook page that you can get added to. Even if you're in a rural area, there might be a mom near you who needs BM. I posted on mine and found 2 people who needed BM for their babies that I donated to when I had extra milk last summer. One met me near my work and the other met me at home.