This is a reprint from a story in the Mothers’ Milk Bank of North Texas newsletter. Enjoy!!!
Shannon O'Quinn Wingo R.D., L.D., IBCLC, RLC
Registered Dietitian/Board Certified Lactation…
Our moms donate their milk for a number of reasons: to help the milk bank that once helped them, because they wanted their excess breastmilk to go to babies in need, even because they wanted…
Feedback Inhibitor of Lactation (FIL) is the whey protein found in breasts that plays a role in the demand and supply process of breastfeeding. When a woman's breasts are full or engorged,…
Erin Baker
Arlington, TX
In April 2013, I was pregnant with our first baby and started to have high blood pressure. My doctor and I agreed to induce labor at 39 weeks and 2 days…
At Mothers' Milk Bank of North Texas, the majority of our breastmilk donors are moms who produce an abundance of milk . . . more than is needed for their own babies. However, there are also…
We named our blog Texasbreastfeeding.org because here at the Mothers’ Milk Bank of North Texas, we believe human milk is the absolute best food for infants. Breastmilk is also known to decrease…
Casey Powell
Hot Springs, AR
I am 30 years old, married, and a mother to two wonderful little girls. My oldest daughter Chloe is 5-years-old and my baby Claire…
Editor’s Note: This is a part of our “Finish This Thought” blog post series that introduces you to staff at the Mothers’ Milk Bank of North Texas.
You hear her voice on the phone…
Mothers’ Milk Bank of North Texas and Tarrant County Breastfeeding Coalition sponsored a location for the Quintessence Breastfeeding Challenge earlier this month at Dunlop Park in Arlington. This was…
Alicia Thomas
Holliday, TX
Our pregnancy was completely normal - all of our ultrasounds were perfect and our son was measuring as he should've been for every…
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Sandra McGee
Frisco, TX
I was counting down the final weeks of my first pregnancy when my son Nathan arrived four weeks early due to low…
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…