I'm Officially a Milk Donor!

I have been very, very lucky when it has come to producing milk. I've always had enough to meet Greyson's needs and then some. When he was in the NICU he was eating so little that I was able to store a days worth of milk 25+ ounces almost everyday from December 13th until he came home on January 20th. Although in an attempt to "rotate stock" we've used the milk from the 13th until the 27th of December. Since then I have still been able to freeze about 10 ounces about every-other day. Now that he is nursing most of the time and I'm showing no signs of slowing down my production I have decided that now is the time to donate. On Monday I'll be shipping off 250 ounces of breast milk. 150 ounces to a preemie girl who was adopted and therefore cannot be breastfed. I'm sending her my oldest milk since it was pumped when Greyson was still very much a preemie and milk adjusts to meet the needs of the child. I'm sending another 100 ounces to a woman with a 5 month old who cannot tolerate formula.

While my freezer is by no means bare it did make a size-able dent in my stores. It actually makes me a little nervous knowing that that is 250 ounces less I'll have for Greyson in my attempt to keep him in breastmilk for a year and a half. We are a third of the way through! He is now nursing so beautifully that it was time to share the wealth.