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A human milk bank, breast milk bank or lactarium is a service that collects, screens, processes, pasteurizes, and dispenses by prescription human milk donated by nursing mothers who are not biologically related to the recipient infant. The optimum nutrition for newborn infants is breast milk for at least the first 6 months of life. [1]
The Human Milk Banking Association of North America ( HMBANA) is a not-for-profit organization that accredits nonprofit milk banks in the United States and Canada, produces the standards and guidelines for donated breast milk in North America, and promotes lactation and breast feeding. [3] [4] [5] The organization was founded in 1985.
Anderson Sierra has been actively involved in donating breast milk to both local families and recipients worldwide. As of July 2023, her estimated total donation of breast milk amounts to over 350,000 U.S. fluid ounces (10,000 liters). [2][3] She has received multiple nicknames, including "the milk goddess", "super producer", and "pumping queen."
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Traditionally, breastfeeding has been defined as the consumption of breastmilk by any means, be it directly at the breast, or feeding expressed breast milk. [3] When direct feeding at the breast is not possible, expressed breast milk retains many unique nutritional and immunological qualities, and as such remains the gold standard for feeding infants. [4]
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The sample on the left is the first milk produced by the mother, while the sample on the right was produced later during the same breast pumping cycle. Breast milk (sometimes spelled as breastmilk) or mother's milk is milk produced by the mammary glands in the breast of human females. Breast milk is the primary source of nutrition for newborn ...
A human milk bank is "a service which collects, screens, processes, and dispenses by prescription human milk donated by nursing mothers who are not biologically related to the recipient infant". [1] As of November 2019, there are 28 milk banks in North America that are members of the Human Milk Banking Association of North America (HMBANA). [ 2 ]