" I was told of the milk bank and immediately decided this was a brilliant idea and started donating my extra breastmilk."
Andi (breastmilk donor) - Dieprivier
"It felt wonderful to be able to help other moms and babies in the same way that I had been helped. It has been very special to be both a donor and recipient of breastmilk through the milk bank."
Debbie K. (donor and recipient)
" I was told of the milk bank and immediately decided this was a brilliant idea and started donating my extra breastmilk."
Andi (breastmilk donor) - Dieprivier
" I am so thankful that my babies got the best by receiving donor milk, and that I was given a bit of leeway to get my own milk going without too much stress. My twins are four months old now and still breastfeeding."
Cathy S (breastmilk recipient) Cape Town
Breastfeeding And The Working Mother
- Continue Breastfeeding
- Continue Breastfeeding And Expressing
- Continue Breastfeeding, Expressing And / Or Using Formula Feeds
- Weaning onto Formula
Continue Breastfeeding And Expressing
This is another option for moms who would prefer their baby to continue on breastmilk even when they cannot be around themselves.
There is an art to expressing, so it would be preferable to decide what method of expressing you are going to use and practice it before hand. Hand expressing, using a hand, battery operated or an electric pump are all options.
An advantage of practising this method beforehand is that you then have the opportunity of expressing and freezing milk for later use.
The principle would be that once at work you would express during the day and store that milk in a cool place (fridge or small cooler bag with an ice brick) for use the next day.
Should you not be able to express enough you could still use the previously frozen milk.
