"The generous offer of donor milk came as such a relief to me and, maybe because I no longer felt so stressed, I found that my milk supply increased substantially – in fact, I suddenly found that I had more milk than Luca needed! So I decided to donate the extra milk to the breast milk bank."
Debbie K - donor and recipient. (Plumstead)
" I was told of the milk bank and immediately decided this was a brilliant idea and started donating my extra breastmilk."
Andi (breastmilk donor) - Dieprivier
"Being able to donate breast milk to those little precious premies is something I hope to be able to do for as long as possible."
Helene (breastmilk donor) Moullie Point
"I do not have time to do charity work, nor do I have an abundance of money to donate to all those worthy causes out there, so this was my way of giving back to society.
Wouldn't you hope that a mom out there would step up and do the same thing for your baby?"
Lisa V (breastmilk donor) - Cape Town
Find support and information via useful links, contacts and articles as well as the latest Milk Matters news and needs
Gain more breastfeeding or parenting information or assistance by using the contacts and links below and reading the available articles.
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Useful Links
| BREASTMILK BANKS | |
| Ithemba Lethu Breastmilk Bank www.ithembalethu.org.za |
Breastmilk bank in Durban, SA. |
| South African Breastmilk Reserve (SABR) www.sabr.org.za |
Breastmilk bank in Johannesburg, SA. |
| United Kingdom Association for Milk Banking www.ukamb.org |
The umbrella organisation for breastmilk banks in the United Kingdom. |
| Milk Banking Association of North America www.hmbana.org |
The Human Milk Banking Association of North America (HMBANA) is a multidisciplinary group of health care providers that promotes, protects, and supports donor milk banking. |
| BREASTFEEDING SUPPORT AND INFORMATION | |
| Dr Jack Newman www.drjacknewman.com |
Mission Statement: To empower mothers to achieve their own breastfeeding goals by providing compassionate and comprehensive support along with current and consistent advice by informed practitioners. |
| La Leche League www.llli.org |
La Leche's mission is to help mothers worldwide to breastfeed through mother-to-mother support, encouragement, information, and education, and to promote a better understanding of breastfeeding as an important element in the healthy development of the baby and mother. |
| Breastfeeding.com www.breastfeeding.com |
A useful and informative site providing information about all aspects of breastfeeding. |
| UNICEF United Nations Children's Fund |
Breastfeeding information:
www.unicef.org Breastfeeding and HV: www.unicef.org www.unicef.org UNICEF is the world body that strives to look after the interests and rights of children. UNICEF works with others to overcome the obstacles that poverty, violence, disease and discrimination place in a child's path. One aspect of this is the benefits of breastfeeding of infants. This includes focusing on the number of children dying of malnutrition and ways of promoting breastfeeding, even in the face of HIV. |
| Australian Breastfeeding Association www.breastfeeding.asn.au |
An active association supporting and encouraging breastfeeding in Australia. |
| INFACT Canada
Infant Feeding Action Coalition www.infactcanada.ca |
INFACT Canada is a national non-governmental organization that works to protect infant and young child health as well as maternal well-being through the promotion and support of breastfeeding and optimal infant feeding practices. |
| OTHER | |
| Kangaroo Mother Care www.kangaroomothercare.com |
Kangaroo Mother Care Promotions aims to promote the spread and implementation of Kangaroo Mother Care as the standard method of care for all newborn babies, both premature and full term. |
| Littlesteps.co.za
www.littlesteps.co.za |
The Littlesteps.co.za programme aims to provide parents and professionals with the basic information that they will need when a baby is admitted to a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) so that they are empowered to cope with the situation and care for the premature baby. |
| SA Preemies
(premature babies) www.sapreemies.za.org |
A national support group for the parents of premature babies. They offer advice, support, information and products relating to premature birth and babies in South Africa. |
