Author Archive: milkbankfl@gmail.com

“Today your milk went to save…”

“Yet in a moment of desperation, I felt completely surrounded by women. Women, that I don’t even know, making a sacrifice to help my daughter, a child who they’ve never met with a story that they’ve never heard. That’s powerful. I couldn’t be more grateful.”

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Secret Santa: A Tale of Donating Milk

From all of us here at the milk bank, thank you to the families that shared their liquid gold in 2017. There was no greater gift you could have given.

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The Triple Threat: Mom, Donor, and Milk Tech

  How does one woman find herself spending a year helping to develop the first human milk lab in Southwest Florida? Why does she join the Lee County Breastfeeding Coalition in her little free time? How does milk become her mission? In a 64 bed NICU, Beth Futral sees baby after baby. She herself acts […]

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Innovations to Milk Banking

Exciting innovations are coming to The Mothers’ Milk Bank of Florida. Just a month after receiving an annual accreditation, we are adding another new feature. We pride ourselves on constantly pushing the envelope to be more efficient, sustainable, and safe, and we received great reviews by Kim, visiting from our mentor bank in Texas. A […]

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Celebrate World Breastfeeding Week

World Breastfeeding Week is here! Each day this week, we will be posting in association with a thematic area that

http://worldbreastfeedingweek.org has declared. They are as follows:

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We are the World

World Breastfeeding Week is almost here and the excitement is building. Events and celebrations are being held across our communities, so look out for a comprehensive timeline of how you can participate. The passion from countless groups of breastfeeding advocates comes from all corners. Whether in the NICU’s, milk banks, lactation consultations, pre and postnatal […]

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The Final Donation

By the time donor milk reaches a baby in the hospital, the bottle is just one number in a line of many. But what is really in those 3 ounces? Try pumping at 4am. Overnight shipping. Dry ice runs. Freezers so full that the neighbors are storing milk too. Some would simply say, “Magic.” It […]

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The Life of a Milk Donor

A little background to begin: Krystal James is a well-known name at the Mothers’ Milk Bank. I know her donor number by heart and the usual nutritional content of her milk. I know she sends in large batches and I always imagined her pumping in her sleep. I never knew what her face looked like […]

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