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Milk Banking Utilization Skyrockets
USA Today recently included a story about the increased utilization of human milk banks. At WakeMed, we are proud to have one of only eleven not-for-profit milk banks in the United States, and we too...
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Mother’s Milk Bank in Dire Need of Donations
WakeMed Mother’s Milk Bank is in dire need of donations. As one of only 11 not-for-profit milk banks in the U.S., the WakeMed Mother’s Milk Bank distributes more than 200,000 oz. of milk each year to...
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Banking Milk, Saving Lives
Many new mothers might think that their own breast milk and formula are the only two choices when it comes to feeding their newborn babies. But thanks to the WakeMed Mothers’ Milk Bank, and only 14...
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WakeMed Milk Mothers’ Bank Finds New Home at WakeMed Cary Hospital
A WakeMed Milk Bank employee works with breast milk within the milk bank's new location. WakeMed Cary Hospital is proud to welcome the WakeMed Mothers’ Milk Bank to their newly renovated location...
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Theresa Welch: My Experience as a WakeMed Mothers’ Milk Bank Donor
Like most people, I didn’t even know that you could donate milk before I had a baby. One day, while scrolling through Instagram, I saw a post by a nurse who was donating her extra milk to the hospital...
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Erin Leanhardt: My Experience as a WakeMed Mothers’ Milk Bank Donor
My fourth child, a beautiful sweet baby girl, Lyra Noelle, was placed into our arms last October. I was so relieved labor was over, yet one look in her tiny face told me something was different from...
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My Milk Bank Donor Story: Melissa Miller
Although I had taken a birthing class and previously delivered at WakeMed, I had no idea the Mothers’ Milk Bank was there, let alone that it provided much-needed breast milk to so many NICU babies. On...
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My Milk Bank Story: Natalia Summerville
I am a planner. My plan was to have a completely natural birth with exclusive breastfeeding. It was a plan written in stone, to the point of me refusing a butterfly catheter when I first got to the...
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