Breast Milk Donation for Premature Infants Expanding in Missouri
The Milk Bank opens two new depots in Missouri INDIANAPOLIS – No medicine works for premature infants like human milk, but many infants in the NICU don’t have access to this resource. The Milk Bank, a nonprofit human milk bank serving NICUs across the Midwest, is now expanding into Missouri so more families can be part of this lifesaving mission. The Milk Bank is opening two new milk depots in Missouri March 31, one at at Little Flower Family Medicine in O’Fallon, Mo. and one at Amber Sky in Maplewood. This will allow eligible mothers in the area to drop off their milk donations, where they will then be sent to The Milk Bank’s pasteurization facility in Indianapolis and distributed to NICUs across the Midwest. When no milk depots are present, donors must package and ship their donations to The Milk Bank. Currently, the only depot in Missouri is in St. Louis at Cardinal Glennon Children’s Hospital. The Milk Bank, a HMBANA-affiliated, nonprofit milk bank, ensures that fragile infan