#470: Your baby starts drinking less breastmilk when they start solid foods…but your breastmilk can help other families beyond your own baby. Alison Wolf, Executive Director of the University of California Milk Bank explains how donating human milk works, who it benefits, why it’s safe and perhaps possibly something you could consider doing.

Listen to this episode to learn:

1. How just one bag of your pumped breastmilk (4-6 oz) can feed a premature baby for a whole day


2. Why donor milk is essential for premature babies in preventing NEC - a devastating bowel disease


3. What you can do if you want to become a breastmilk donor…even if you don’t live near a milk bank

Shownotes for this episode can be found here:

https://www.babyledweaning.co/podcast/470

Links from this episode:

• University of California Health Milk Bank website


• UC Health Milk Bank Cherry Blossom Program for bereaved mothers


• HMBANA - donate breastmilk here
  

Other Episodes Related to this Topic

• Episode 459 - Donor Milk: How Donating and Receiving Breastmilk Helped These Moms
  


• Episode 436 - How Long Can I Breastfeed? with Ronietra Stewart, RDN, IBCLC
  


• Episode 424 - Breastfeeding & Starting Solid Foods: When Will My Milk Supply Drop Off? with Jessica Smith, MSN, RN, IBCLC
  

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