XP: Does anyone know where I can donate bm?

MBandBud

I have ~200 oz and am striking out. I spent 4 months in England in 1992 and that apparently disqualifies me - something to do with mad cows disease.  Are you kidding me?  I just want to give this milk a good home.

DaisyJanie

It's probably easiest to donate locally. Do you know of any LCs in your area? They'd probably know of a mom in need. Or the La Leche League.

AmandaP678

ooo good idea trying LLL I tried to donate 500oz and got denied too

theres a group on FB something like eats on feets or something but they dont have a chapter in my area

Birdies08

You could try Human Milk for Human Babies. I found a local chapter on FB.

msb07

At one time the lady who writes this blog : https://his-heart.blogspot.com/

was looking for donated breast milk and had links to some others who were also looking for milk.

larrysdarling

You can contact the Human Milk Bank of North America by going to the website www.hmbana.org and finding the closest milk bank to you. They will pay for you to get screened and will cover the cost of shipping the milk.

If you don't go that route, IMO, it's important that you donate it to a non-profit. Places like Milk in Mamas take your generous donation, sell it to a company called Pro Lacta Bioscience where it's bio engineered and sold at exorbitant prices.

I went through the screening process with the HMBANA bank in RI, but my supply took a nose dive and I had to use the rest of my stash for my own daughter. They were super understanding and encouraged me to keep it for her first. It was a good experience and I told them I would def keep them in mind when I have my next baby.

 ETA: Crap, sorry it sounds like you went this route already.  I must not have read it good enough.

Personally, I don't know if I'd donate it after that - there's a reason milk banks won't take milk when the potential donor doesn't meet certain criteria, KWIM?

If you go the route of donating mom to mom, make sure the milk still gets screened. God forbid there's an issue and a baby gets sick. In addition to the other issues it could possibly open you up to liability.

Can you still use it on your own?