Vicky Van Buren
Arlington, TX
My son, Andrew, was born in July 2013. During my delivery my epidural made me feel numb and I couldn’t move the left side of my body, so my…
Making extra cash, especially around the holidays, is a luring prospect for us all. But would you sell your breastmilk to pad your bank account? Or should milk be donated to help others…
The Mothers’ Milk Bank of North Texas was established in 2003 for the purpose of improving the survivability and enhancing the development of premature and critically ill infants in the North Texas…
Editor's Note: This article previously appeared in the Milk Bank's April 2013 E-Newsletter.
Since mid-March of this year, the Mothers’ Milk Bank of North Texas has established new…
Editor's Note: Melakeh McDonald's story was previously published in the June E-Newsletter, in the section Moms Connect. Melakeh's son is a recipient of donor human milk from Mothers…
Most know that oxytocin is the hormone responsible for contractions during childbirth and helping with milk ejection reflex (letdown), but it does more than that! Here are three things that you may…
Meet Salvadora Estrada - Lab Inventory Tech
Salvadora joined the Mothers’ Milk Bank of North Texas staff in February 2014, working as a Laboratory Inventory Tech, and also screening…
Guest Blogger- Wellness Pointe WIC staff
Longview and Kilgore, TX
Editor’s Note: The Wellness Pointe WIC offices are Milk Depots for the Mothers’ Milk Bank of North…
Mothers’ Milk Bank of North Texas addresses common questions by moms in our community
Last week’s blog was entitled Milk for Money – Is It Ethical for a Company to Pay…
One of the best medical resources for critically ill babies in hospital neonatal intensive care units (NICU) is breastmilk. This naturally-produced, scarce resource is known to prevent infection and…
Thank you to Mothers’ Milk Bank of North Texas Donor Mom Jennifer Rust for sharing this AWESOME picture of her daughter ‘pumping her breastmilk.’
Happy Mother's Day to ALL moms and moms-…
Editor's Note: Our June E-Newsletter featured this article about how the Milk Bank analyzes donor human milk using the Foss Milk-o-Scan.
We’re often asked how we actually process…
A flow chart on how the milk flows and it impacts the Milk Bank.Used and adapted from Mothers' Milk Bank at Austin
Have you ever wondered what happens to the milk at a HMBANA Milk Bank? This…
Editor’s Note: This is a part of our “Finish This Thought” blog post series by the staff at the Mothers’ Milk Bank of North Texas. Did you meet Simone Summerlin yet? You can…
Editor's Note about Photo: Facebook Friend and donor mom Kathleen Wilkinson is one of the many moms who contributed their advice to this post. Thank you all!
We posted on Facebook asking…
At Mothers' Milk Bank of North Texas, we receive many charming and wonderful holiday cards. Seeing photos of all our babies, moms and families this time of year has been heartwarming . . . and…
Alicia
Hometown: Prosper, TX
When our first child was born, I found breastfeeding to be excruciatingly painful. I sobbed every time and was in pain even when I wasn…
Andrea Fluhman
Amarillo, TX
We have two girls. Born on January 11, 2008, Berklee is now five and Dakota just turned 1-year-old on May 11th. When I started breastfeeding Berklee it…
Recently we asked our Facebook friends what advice they would give to a new breastfeeding mother. There was an overwhelming response, with the common theme of women desiring to support mothers in…