Our Recipients
Most of our recipients are infants in neo-natal intensive
care units (NICUs) throughout California and the West. Other
infants receiving donor milk include:
- babies who are failing to thrive on formula
- babies and toddlers with life-threatening diseases
or conditions
- children with failing immune systems or catastrophic
diseases
- multiple birth babies, often with lactating mothers
who can’t keep up with the milk required to nourish two
or three infants
- adopted infants, whose moms believe in the value of
breast milk but can’t produce their own
- babies of mothers whose breast milk isn’t suitable
for consumption, either because of disease or
prescription medications that pass through the milk
A member of the Human Milk Banking Association of North
America (HMBANA), the Mothers’ Milk Bank of California meets
strict standards for
screening of donors and processing of milk, all in
accordance with HMBANA guidelines, ensuring that our
recipients get the highest quality milk available. |