donor milk

Gifted breast milk

Donor milk is human breast milk that has been expressed, screened, and provided to infants other than the donor's own child.

It typically comes from milk banks that collect, pasteurize, and distribute it, primarily for premature or sick newborns whose mothers cannot produce sufficient milk: The NICU supplemented with donor milk until her supply came in.

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preemie · lactation · nursing · skin to skin · bottle · freezer · pasteurized · colostrum · antibodies · newborn · feeding · expressed · nourishment · mother · infant · letdown · supply · screening

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Lactation-based infant nourishment

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