Former recipient wants to help someone

One more thing: Milk has been stored in a deepfreeze, and also I can provide lab work that was performed during this late stage of lactation that proves I'm negative for HIV and other milk-transmittable diseases. I can check with my former donor Laura and see if she has her records as well. Just to reassure people!

Hi there Milkshare recipients! I am a former recipient myself. I have 3-4oz of my own milk that was frozen in October 2011 when my daughter weaned (she was 2 1/4 years old at the time). The milk was hand expressed as I stopped responding to the pump at 15 months postpartum. I also have a 5oz bag of a former donor of mine's milk that is now a year old as of 8/2/12. This was milk that my donor had pumped while she was pregnant - she was about 2 months along at that point. Her older child was still nursing and he was also a toddler (20months old) at the time her milk was pumped. She originally had low supply with her first, so she wanted to have a stash available for baby #2 in case she had to supplement. She didn't, so great for her!

So it is about 9oz total...which isn't much, but it may provide a couple feedings for a hungry baby.

I was completely drug-free at the time I expressed my milk, although I take prescription medications currently. My donor is a friend of mine on FB and I can say her milk is also safe.

I would like to find someone local in Madison as this isn't much. However I do drive to Fond du Lac for my job so I could stop along the way.

Heidi

ps. Here's a link to my Milkshare success story as well as a link to my vlog on my milkshare /low supply journey: https://milkshare.forumotion.com/f53-success-stories