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  • Our new donor Karlee

      24 September 2021
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    Our newest donor Karlee is a second time donor for us, we are lucky to have her extra milk. As this is Karlee's third baby she knew she would have an over supply again, so Karlee started expressing colostrum before her baby was born and carried on collecting colostrum - natures liquid gold, and transitional milk (shifting from dark orange to golden yellow moving through to creamy white) and now milk. Her milk will go to an immune-compromised baby or premature baby as her blood tests were all clear and negative.

    We are so blessed to have Karlee and donors like her, that are able to set aside some time each day to express for another person in their community, the true definition of altruism.

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  • A thank you from Mae

      4 September 2021

    Hi, thank you for your heartfelt message. The reason and story behind my donated milk is I always wanted to breastfeed my first born but I needed to leave PH and fly to NZ. That is the reason why, I told myself that once I will have my second child, I will work hard to breastfeed my baby and unexpectedly, I am now able to donate milk too that made my heart feel happier. This charity filled the empty spaces that I felt when I failed to breastfeed my first born. Donating milk while breastfeeding my second born feels like I am doing tandem feeding with my first born. The feeling is just over the moon and thank you for letting me donate my milk. The feeling of fulfillment is irreplaceable. Regards, Mae

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  • A shout out to our sponsors!

      7 June 2021

    Hi everyone, we do have some awesome sponsors who help us out behind the scenes.

    So I would love to acknowledge Provida Foods who gave us the benefit of the doubt back when we first needed to freight milk from Auckland to Christchurch. Provida have stuck with us from the beginning and last year offered us free shipping between their depots to reduce the pressure on parents who are already often on a single income.

    Thank you so much Provida Foods and your sub contractors for making this happen.

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  • Mum Y would like to thanks us.

      30 August 2019
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    Just wanted to say that we truly appreciate the fantastic work that you and your organisation do and hope you will pass on our deepest gratitude to the other staff and generous donors. Your help came at a key time when to my shock I discovered my milk hadn't come in as expected and despite trying everything under the sun, it sadly never did. I can't describe our level of panic when we realised my poor daughter had been deprived in her first few days of life and lost a significant amount of her birth weight. We were truly terrified as we chartered unknown waters, she being our first child, and hit that unexpected obstacle. We will be forever grateful for the fact that while formula came to the rescue initially, we were glad to know that she also had the opportunity to receive the significant benefits of breast milk also throughout her first six months of life. It truly has meant a lot to us.

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