Bonnie Knows Breast is a Milk Donation & Milk Access Point!
Bonnie Knows Breast in Louisville, KY is a The Milk Bank donation and dispensation site!
Through a partnernship with The Milk Bank, Bonnie Knows Breast is now a Milk Depot and Milk Express access point!
What does this mean?
Milk Depots are convenient donation sites for The Milk Bank’s approved Milk Donors to bring frozen breast milk donations. Milk Depots safely collect & store milk before sending it to The Milk Bank for processing.
Milk Express access points provide quick access to orders of Pasteurized Donor Human Milk for families at home. Milk Express helps bridge a gap in breastfeeding (illness, absence, between delivery & a successful breastfeeding routine).
Donate Milk, Save Lives
Steps to become a milk donor through The Milk Bank.
There is no greater gift to a family of a fragile NICU baby than donor milk. Milk donations are more than just nutrition, it’s life-saving medicine. Over 1,000 superheroes each year answer the call to save a life. Will you join them in helping a baby in need?
The overall process takes approximately 32 days. While this may seem like a long time, it’s a vital step to ensuring that we go through all safety measures and health assessments necessary.
Access Donated Milk
Steps to access donated milk through The Milk Bank.
Why use donor milk?
Pasteurized Donor Human Milk has been scientifically proven to benefit babies. There are a variety of reasons a family might need to use pasteurized donor milk at home for short or long-term needs. Some of the more common:
Prematurity
Necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC)
Failure to thrive
Pre- and post-operative nutrition
Maternal illness or absence
Adoption
Low or developing milk supply
Treatment for infectious diseases
Immunodeficiency disorders
Formula intolerance
