An urgent appeal has been issued for more donor mums to help provide lifesaving breast milk to sick babies
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“It has been another very busy year for the Human Milk Bank Service, in 2022 we received 1140 litres of donor breast milk which was sent to neonatal units in hospitals throughout Ireland. This precious lifesaving donor milk has helped 1004 premature babies, of which 279 were either a twin or a triplet.
"Thank you to Derek Duffy and Linda Moore from Cu Chulainn Blood Bikers and Mark Forster from CRS Voluntary Bikers for coming to support our appeal and for the dedication and commitment they and their affiliated blood bike teams provide to ensure this lifesaving milk is safely transported to neonatal units throughout Ireland.
"Her little one really reminded me how important donor milk is for vulnerable premature babies. Parents of premature babies have to face so much stress and worry. Compared to everything those parents go through, me expressing a few minutes every day is a really small thing that I can do to help lessen that stress."She said: "When I was first learning to breastfeed, I got so much support from the community of other mothers.
"Women with a premature baby need skilled lactation support to enable her to breastfeed her own baby and donor milk is a key part of that support package that needs to be in place in every neonatal unit. "Knowing that Fiadh was getting the very best start in her very young life gave me the peace of mind to focus on bonding with my daughter and allowed me the time to establish my own breastmilk. With the support of staff in the neonatal unit I was able to successfully breastfeed Fiadh and I cannot thank them enough for what they have done.
"I was able to successfully breastfeed Isla and I cannot thank the staff at the Human Milk Bank enough for what they do – it is a lifesaving service. Isla is thriving and is a happy, healthy 15 month old and keeping me very busy!”
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