The Happy Pod: The woman helping thousands of premature babies
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Welcome. We start with a mother who's helped thousands of premature babies by donating her excess breast milk over the past decade and a half. Elise Ogletree, who's 36 and from Texas in the United States, set a new Guinness World Record by giving more than 2,000 litres to what are known as milk banks, charities which provide breast milk for babies whose mothers can't produce enough themselves. The milk is frozen and pasteurised, and much of it goes to sick or premature babies in neonatal intensive care units, or NICUs, who badly need the protections from infection and disease that only come from human breast milk. Alice is a mother of three who's also been a surrogate. The Happy Pod's Holly Gibbs spoke to Alice and Amy Trotter from the charity Texas Milk Bank, which received some of the breast milk. And she started by asking Alice why she decided to donate in this unusual way.
After I had my first son, I was producing a lot of extra milk. But at that point in time, I didn't know that there were other families in the world that didn't produce the milk. And so I was throwing it away recklessly. And once I learned that I had a gift, I wanted to share it. And the thought and idea of being able to impact other families and help save other babies, it feels good.
To produce that much milk, it must have been incredibly hard for you and your body and incredibly tiring. How did you help yourself through that?
I had a fantastic support system. I stuck with my schedule. I pumped every three hours religiously. That includes overnight. But The knowing that what I was doing was good for others is what kept me motivated and kept me wanting to do it.
As you say, you have helped hundreds of thousands of premature babies. How does that feel?
It feels remarkable and amazing. At the end of the day, I'm not made of money. I have a family of my own, and so I can't volunteer and do a lot. But I was able to spend a good chunk of my time, but I was able to give back so much more than that time was worth.
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Holly Gibbs 6 min
Unknown 3 min
Narrator 3 min
Dylan Rittman 3 min
Elise Ogletree 2 min
Celia Hatton 2 min
Amy Trotter 1 min
Chantal Hartle 1 min
Advertisement voice 1 min
Laura Cooper 1 min
Cheap Caribbean Vacations 1 min
Katie Smith 1 min
Josh Dart 1 min
Police Spokesperson
Nikki Beatty
Gindung McFreddy-Symond
BBC Global Investigations
Dabra Sia