I'm a Milk Donor!

St. Luke's Kansas City, just became a milk donor bank. We still aren't sure if Eva can have my breast milk. After pumping for 2 1/2 months, I filled our freezer and my parents deep freeze. I was a milk producing machine!! Breast milk stays good for a year in a deep freeze and only 6 months in a freezer. Eva is on a special formula for the next 6 months or so. Before bringing Eva home, a lacation nurse talked to me about donating my milk. So I have decided to donate some of my milk to make room in the deep freeze and our freezer. I finally received paperwork in the mail from St. Luke's in Denver, Colorado. After filling out papers, getting my blood drawn today. I am finally a milk donor! (Sounds funny!) I am so grateful to be able to be donate my milk for other preemie babies to have. Today, I loaded up the girls, and 2 big igloo coolers of breast milk and took it down to St. Luke's. Tomorrow it will be shipped off to Denver. It makes me feel so good to know that I can help other babies. Once we find out whether or not Eva can have my milk, we will either donate the rest or save it for Eva.