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…
Editor's note: Melissa shared her journey with the attendees of Mothers’ Milk Bank of North Texas 9th Anniversary Celebration Luncheon earlier this year as a featured speaker.
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Another name for Lactobacillus bifidus is bifidobacterium. It is a type of helpful bacteria that protects the intestinal tract from harmful bacteria. It works by keeping the…
Simone Summerlin
Donor Program Coordinator
We are thrilled to finally reveal our latest project, a Mothers’ Milk Bank of North Texas video series! You can watch…
Kara Schroeder
Wichita Falls, TX
When my second daughter Liza was born in September 2012, no one knew what we were about to face. I had a relatively complication-free pregnancy, but when she…
This past weekend, Mothers' Milk Bank of North Texas (MMBNT) participated in the Expecting Parents digital web campaign published by Mediaplanet and USA Today. Industry…