We know that breast milk is the best food a newborn can receive, but it is not always possible for her to take it from her mother. Breast milk banks They are born with the purpose that donor breast milk contributes to the development of low-weight newborns who present a risk of digestive or intestinal pathology, immune deficit or poor health.
It is very important for these babies, but there is not always enough breast milk. Yesterday the Mother's Milk Bank of Catalonia made an urgent appeal to obtain donations Because your reservations will only last a week. And it is that the number of premature babies that need breast milk from the bank has grown by about 40% during the last year.
The Milk Bank, which depends on the Blood and Tissue Bank, has received milk this year from 321 donor mothers as we see in their Facebook group, but they point out that 50% more is needed to feed all babies. There are more premature babies, yes, but also more neonatologists who use more breast milk from the bank because of the benefits it brings to these babies.
Donations of milk have not grown at the same rate and therefore the reserves of breast milk are depleted. This bank, born in 2011, provides milk to the neonatology units of eleven Catalan hospitals (Vall d'Hebron, Sant Joan de Déu, Sant Pau, Dexeus, Josep Trueta de Girona, Arnau de Vilanova de Lleida, Hospital del Mar, Hospital from Barcelona, Joan XXIII of Tarragona, Germans Trias and Pujol de Badalona and the General Hospital of Catalonia).
Milk not only goes for premature babies but also for those babies who have undergone an intervention of the digestive system, since this milk is easier to digest and facilitates intestinal recovery. And these are just some of its benefits ...
Meanwhile, in Spain more milk banks are needed. Remember that to be able to donate milk, it is enough to meet some basic conditions: to be breastfeeding your baby and have enough milk, as well as present good health and maintain healthy living habits. Would you dare to do it, now that it is more needed?
