Milk available to donate. Far west suburbs

Do you still have milk? My 3 month old needs milk and I'm not able to produce like I want to. My husband can drive there to bring it back home.

Jeannine

Sorry, there seems to be some confusion in this post.

I just wanted to let everyone know I did find a local recipient and donated the milk today. I will post again another time if I continue to end up with a surplus. Thanks for everyone's response.

Yes, Lisa, I was trying to respond to MrsHK, sorry. Just new to this. Good Luck to you!!

After rereading the previous posts, are you MrsHK? If so, I thought you were going to wait until after your vacation to think about shipping? I am now Totally confused here. lisa

Hi there, I think you are replying to the wrong person. I am looking for donor milk and I was replying to the Mrs HK post about possibly being a receipent of her breast milk. Sorry for the mix up. Good luck in your quest to obtain breast milk. blessings,lisa

Lisa -

I just sent a post today to look for someone. Your post seems to be a good match. I live north of Chicago and it would take about an hour to drive to you. I have a few questions and let me know if you are interested also!
Did you start storing from birth and store regularly throughout the last 6 months?
How soon after you expressed the milk did you put it in your deep freezer?
Can you read my post and do you meet the requirments I listed?
One thing I need to check is whether the milk would last only 12 months or longer...b/c I have twins coming not until Jan/Feb.
Thanks!!

Okay, thank you for your prompt response. blessings, lisa

For now I'd like to try to be open for someone local who I can arrange on-going donations to. I'll look at shipping opportunities when I return from vacation in mid-August. Thank you.

Hi, would you be interested in shipping with your costs covered? I live in Wichita,Kansas. I do have relatives that live in Hoffman Estates, Illinois but I am not sure they would be able to ship the milk to me themselves. They are my husband's parents. Anyway, let me know. Oh, I am looking for a long term donor because I am pregnant right now and due in November. blessings,lisa m

I have a 6 month old that I have been pumping part time for. I started in January pumping just to increase my supply and have since been pumping part time while I work during the week. I've been pumping far more than he needs so my deep freezer stash has been accumulating quite a bit more than I think we'll ever need. Right now I likely have a good gallon to donate, I expect I can likely continually build a stash to donate each month.

About me:
I'm a healthy mom of two boys. I nursed my oldest until he was 15 months old and he decided he was done. My youngest has been exclusively nursed so far, but will likely start solids soon too. I am healthy and would have no problem getting a form from my doctor, though I believe they charge a fee now for paperwork. I may rarely have a small glass of wine, but I don't nurse/pump afterward, and have never smoked. The only caffeine I get is from some Iced Tea, otherwise I gave up caffeine years ago. I take a prenatal vitamin, the only other medicine I've taken on a rare occasion has been Claritin.

About the milk:
I have pumped and stored milk in Lansinoh bags since January. I started freezing them in quantities of 2-3 oz and a couple months ago moved to 4-5 oz bags. They are frozen flat for easy storage and gathered together in a gallon size freezer bag, in case of any leaks. All milk has been stored in my deep freezer. I know we won't be needing this much milk and I would really love to see it go to someone who can use it and will appreciate it. I struggled to keep my supply up for my first son, so I am happy to have this over-supply this time around and hope it can help someone.