Amy Trotter
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first heard Jan 2025
last heard Jan 2025
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Global News Podcast · The Happy Pod: The woman helping thousands of premature babies · 11 Jan 2025
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Hi, I'm Elise. Hello, I'm Amy with Mother's Milk Bank of North Texas.
Well, first of all, just having the ability to donate any amount of money breast milk is a very special superpower. And Elise's story is absolutely extraordinary because donor milk is life-saving for fragile babies. I mean, I would say her impact truly makes her a hero. I mean, just think of all of the families she has helped. I mean, not just the babies, but of course their parents.
And there is one condition in particular that can occur in the NICU that has a high mortality rate, and that is called necrotizing enterocolitis. Basically, it is an infection, a gut infection in the NICU. And there is a lot of evidence that shows that human milk can protect the gut and prevent that from happening. And so that is why it is so prevalently used in the NICU.
Well, I can say from the milk bank, of course, we hear stories all the time. A lot of times what will happen is the reason that a baby would need donated breast milk is a mother gives birth prematurely and her body is not ready to lactate. So sometimes it's just a bridge in the NICU for a day, for three days, for a week until mom can breastfeed on her own.
We are grateful every day because it enables us to meet the need that is out there. We are just so honoured to connect those generous moms to the babies who need that donor milk the most. It is absolutely life-saving.
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