The statistics are staggering. Fifteen million babies are born preterm worldwide each year. One million babies die as a result. In an effort to combat this very serious health problem, a global…
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It's the second week of Prematurity Awareness Month and Mothers' Milk Bank of North Texas (MMBNT) just launched a new fundraising campaign…
November is Prematurity Awareness Month and Tuesday, November 17, is World Prematurity Day. In the United States, 1 of every 8 babies is born prematurely. A…
Breastfeeding in public for the first time can be nerve-wracking. Questions such as, “How do I do this?” or “Can people see?” might fill your mind, causing you stress.
Take your time getting situated…
Editor's Note: Kathleen's story originally ran in our monthly E-Newsletter. Thanks for reading it the first or second time here on our blog!
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Editor's Note: Last Fall our E-Newsletter featured this Q&A with Lisa Grubbs, Founder of NICU Helping Hands. We appreciate the organization's mission and so we are sharing the…
On Friday, July 26, 2013, our friends at March of Dimes, in partnership with Baylor All Saints Medical Center Fort Worth and CBS 11/TXA 21, will host the Cowtown Cradles Community Baby Shower in Fort…
Did you know that in the US, November is Prematurity Awareness Month? 1 in 9 babies is born prematurely in the US every year. This issue is not limited to just the US: nearly 500,000 babies every…
Autumn Brinegar
Arizona
My husband is in the Air Force and we were stationed in Okinawa, Japan when our twins, Sawyer and Lucia, were born prematurely at 32 weeks.…
Latch On Texas!
Sat., August 2, 2014
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9 a.m. – 1 p.m.
We know that our breastfeeding mamas love a good latch-on. And isn’t everything better with friends? We’…
by Amy Trotter, Community Relations Director, Mothers' Milk Bank of North Texas
Photography courtesy MIT Media Lab: Mason Marino & Che-Wei Wang
Mention the words “breast pump” to any woman with…
Did you know that you have something in common with Angelina Jolie? No, it’s not that you are both in love with Brad Pitt, but it’s something that is life-changing: breastfeeding!
Jolie, as well as…
Editors’ note: As most breastfeeding mothers will tell you, the support of doctors, family and friends is important when learning to breastfeed. Even milk donors who eventually “…
How long can you store your breastmilk in a freezer before the milk loses its nutritional benefits? Let’s set the record straight.
The common recommendation is a storing period of 3 months if the…
The Second Annual Family Expo and Big Latch On will be held Saturday, August 3, 2013 at the Fort Worth Botanical Gardens. The Big Latch On is an international event with women all over the world…
Many mothers cannot imagine their life without a breast pump. While some do not enjoy expressing their breastmilk with a pump, it is often a necessity for those separated from their infants for an…
Leptin was first discovered in human breast milk in 1997. It can be transferred from maternal serum and is produced by a lactating breast (source). It is found in its highest levels in colostrum…
Participate in our August 2014 Photo-A-Day Challenge on Instagram
Have you participated in a Photo-A-Day Challenge or contest yet? We invite you to celebrate National Breastfeeding Awareness…
When Gabrielle Daigle’s son, Andrew, caught a cold at six weeks of age, breathing complications led to a diagnosis of a rare lung disease called Congenital Lobar Emphysema that…
Like the other poster said, pump pump pump, as much as you can with an elceirtc pump.I had a low supply and this did it for me. If you try now it may not be too late. I had to keep pumping until…