Milk Oversupply - Generous Donor

by Abbie Yabot

I normally get calls and text messages on moms who need milk and moms who are willing to donate.  But never have I encountered a donor who was able to donate this much in just one pick up schedule.

Believe it or not,  she gave over 100 6-8 oz containers of milk.  When I asked the driver to pick it up, I sent two coolers,  one small one which we normally use to collect and transport breastmilk (normally can hold about 20-30 milk bags) and the other bigger one, just in case the donor has a lot of milk.  But I only expected either to be filled.  So when the driver returned and showed me this, I was happily shocked.  He even said that he wasn't even able to half the supply of this mom and asked him to bring a bigger cooler next time.  Whew!  Talk about lots of milk.

Around 20 moms and babies benefited from this donation alone.    I believe that one reason why this mom is blessed with an abundant supply is because she is a generous giver herself.  

Thank you very much!  You know who you are...

DIY hands free kit for pumping

by Abbie Yabot

I've actually encountered this over a month ago but had been slumped with many things.   Wanted to applaud who thought about it (you know who you are) and share to others how interestingly resourceful we are.

There really are hands free kit that can be bought from other countries.  But aside from being pricey, it takes a while to ship.  Plus, you don't really know how it looks like until you actually see the product (and you've paid for over a month ago).

These ones are very creative.  It's actually a bra bought from the market.  Then,  she asked her yaya to cut an "X" on each side and do hemming to avoid seams from falling apart.  Then she put the breast shell under the bra and the other part of the pump on the outer portion and when she wears this, voila!  a hands free kit.  It works very well.  

Those of you having a hard time pumping and would like to multi task.  Try this one out...