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Milk Banks and Moms: How Your Extra Breastmilk Can Save Lives with @ucmilkbank Alison Wolf, CPNP, IBCLC

  • How just one bag of your pumped breastmilk (4-6 oz) can feed a premature baby for a whole day
  • Why donor milk is essential for premature babies in preventing NEC - a devastating bowel disease
  • What you can do if you want to become a breastmilk donor…even if you don’t live near a milk bank

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Episode Description

Your baby starts drinking less breastmilk when they start solid foods…but your breastmilk can help other families beyond your own baby. Alison Wolf, Executive Director of the University of California Milk Bank explains how donating human milk works, who it benefits, why it’s safe and perhaps possibly something you could consider doing.

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About the Guest

  • Alison Wolf, CPNP, IBCLC is the Executive Director of the University of California Health Milk Bank
  • The UC Health Milk Bank provides safe, high quality donor milk for infants in need
  • They are the only milk bank owned by a healthcare system and the only physician-led bank in N. America

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