This article about another pumping mom - brought tears to my eyes and made me so thankful for Greyson. It also helped to confirm our plans for our deep freeze full of milk. This July if we haven't needed to use it by then we will donate the extra I pumped in December to a milk bank. There are at least 15 days down there with about 15 to 20 oz per day. We will then do the same for January in September.
I am fascinated by breast-milk and amazed that in addition to creating a whole new life our bodies are able to produce quality nutrition for that new life! It is really amazing. And through donation we can help even more babies.
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Pumping is such a pain - the true definition of labor of love. But, I totally agree that is an absolute wonder how our bodies do what they do. That my little boy can not only simply survive on what I make for him, but thrive and then some. If I had a surplus, I would totally donate, too! (Too bad our little man has already consumed all the surplus and we've now added solids) Good luck!
That article made me cry! I am also a pumping mom, and it makes everything seem right, ok, all is well in the world after reading that article. I will go and feed my "plastic baby" with a smile on my face and a feeling of ahhhhh at how amazing this process is. Thanks for sharing!
Hey, do you mind if I "steal" this idea from you? I was so moved by this article and by your comments. I want to do a similar post on my blog to inform my readers about that awesome article!! You can either answer on my blog, or you can email me at spjunk@embarqmail.com Also, I was asking about the facebook account b/c there is an OPR NICU group that has been formed and I just wanted you to be aware of it.
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