Human Milk for Human Babies

The Mothers Milk Bank urgently needs $50000 by the end of this month! Please consider donating!!!

When I had Tia I sat for seven days pumping milk off every four hours for Tia. I thought I was doing well when I got 10ml. On the seventh day the lactation consultant came and suggested I start medication as my milk may not come in on its own after my traumatic birth. I was a bit stunned as I had never had troubles with my milk and usually had enough to feed three babies. I asked for one more day as putting yet more medicine in my body didn't appeal to me. The next morning I received a blessing of 100ml in the bottle when I pumped off. My milk had come in on its own!

A few days later I comprehended how lucky I had been. I watch another mother in the Special Care Nursery cry her tears of loss as she conceded defeat. After her traumatic birth, where she had nearly died on the theatre table, her milk was not going to come in. The medication had not worked, no amount of expressing was bringing her milk in plus her baby was too small to suck, she would never experience the bond of breastfeeding her tiny premmie baby.

As Tia received more and more of my milk she started to gain weight and slowly but surely began to thrive. The other tiny premmie was doing well but not as well as if he was being breastfeed.

The government is not interested in helping the milk bank as they want to be seen as promoting breastfeeding!!! and feel the bank takes away from this???? I will not say anymore about this....ggrrrrr

Around Australia hundreds of unwell and premature babies don't receive their mothers milk for various reasons. This is were the Mothers Milk Bank comes into play so these babies who really need it can get human milk to give them the best start in life. At the moment the milk bank is feeding an unwell baby who was early and his mother is undergoing chemotherapy so can't breastfeed him. If the don't raise $50000 this week the bank will lose their important pasteurising machine!

So please donate and think of all these little babies and their mums on Friday 26th February!

I will be wearing a white shirt on Friday, will you?

Cathryn

Here is the link