Ask a milk donor
Thinking about becoming a milk donor? Want more information about the process, and what it's like to donate milk?
Connect with our Milk Bank Alumnae. These moms are veteran milk donors who are happy to answer your questions and share their stories.
Dawn Baker
Austin, TX
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"I work in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit at St. David's, so I get to see first-hand the premature babies who receive donor milk. I always thought it was a wonderful gift that mothers donated their precious milk. It's such a blessing for the babies who are able to get donor milk. When I had my daughter in December of 2008, I was lucky enough to produce plenty of milk. I always heard that it was a complicated proccess to start donating milk. I looked into it and it was very simple. I was honored to be able to help with the milk bank, and hope to do it with my next child also."
Emily McKaskle
Austin, TX
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Contact Emily by phone: 512-263-5064
"I donated milk with both of my children. I've been tremendously honored to be involved. Throughout my adult life I've striven to give back to the community. Volunteer work has been an important part of my life. However with the birth of my first child, I realized that volunteer opportunities for new mothers are rare. I was so pleased when I learned of the important work Mothers' Milk Bank does and so glad to be able to donate. Thank you for all the hard work you do and for giving me the chance to be a part of such a meaningful endeavor. "
Lindsay Rodgers
Austin, TX
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Contact Lindsay by phone: 512-419-7541
"As a new mother, I felt like I needed an instruction manual half the time, and I was never sure if I was doing 'the right thing.' But nursing my daughter and donating to the Milk Bank are the two things that I knew I was doing right. I was so grateful to have a healthy baby, and donating milk was a simple way to share our family's good fortune with those who needed it most."
Leigh Blankenburg
Lexington, TX
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Contact Leigh by phone: 979-773-4673
"After our son was born in 2006...I thoroughly wanted to provide God's best first nourishment to these sweet preemie and sick babies, just like I was giving it to my own baby. So I happily donated about 1,000 ounces in the first year of my son's life. I am excited to be a donor again and allow our daughter (born December 2009) to share her milk like her big brother did. And I hope others will share their precious milk, too! I have encouraged several people to donate milk by telling them how easy it really is, and to not get discouraged. I tell them that even if they could only spare 4 ounces per day, it would take them only about 38 days to have 150 ounces to donate."
Austin Area
Mothers' Milk Bank at Austin – CENTRAL (Main Office)
Medical Arts Square
2911 Medical Arts St., Suite #12
Austin, TX 78705
512-494-0800
Hours: Mon-Thurs 9-5, Fri 9-1
Seton Northwest Hospital - NORTH
3rd Floor-Mother/Baby Desk
11113 Research Boulevard
Austin, TX 78759
512-324-6000 x67308
Hours: Anytime
The Women’s Center - ROUND ROCK
St. David’s Round Rock Medical Center
2400 Round Rock Ave.
Round Rock, TX 78681
Hours: 8:30 - 8:30
512-341-5322
Parking for milk drop-off is in the circle at the Main Entrance. Please follow signs for The Women’s Center. The drop off point is at the postpartum nurse’s station.
South Oaks Family Medicine-SOUTH
7900 FM 1826, Bldg. II, Ste. 202
Austin, TX 78737
512-416-0044
Mom's Place WIC Breastfeeding Clinic
8701-B Research Blvd.
Austin, TX 78758
512-719-3010
Hours: Monday, Wednesday & Thursday from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. (closed 2nd Wed of every month), Tuesday 8 a.m. to 6 p.m., Friday 8 a.m. to 2 p.m., 1st Saturday of the month from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Bryan/College Station
Brazos Valley Community Action Agency (BVCAA)-WIC
3408 S. Texas Ave.
Bryan, TX 77802
979-260-4016
Corpus Christi
Driscoll Children’s Hospital
Mom’s Place Lactation-3rd Floor
3533 South Alameda
Corpus Christi, TX 78411
361-694-5338
361-694-4234
Hours: Mon-Th 10-4
*Please call ahead
Edinburg-The Valley
Women’s Hospital at Renaissance
Outpatient Entrance (Dove and McColl)
5502 S. McColl
Edinburg, TX 78539
Hours of operation:
M-F 9am-4pm
Contact: Gaby Reyna m.reyna@dhr-rgv.com
Office: 956-362-4405 (please call this number during business hours)
956-362-4567 (after hours messages only)
Houston Area
The Woman’s Hospital of Texas
7600 Fannin
Education Center, Suite 148
Houston, TX 77054
713-383-2895
Hours: Mon-Fri 8:30-4:30
The Woman's Place of Sugar Land
16552 A Southwest Freeway
Sugar Land, TX 77479
(Near Wendy's)
281-242-0767
Enter through the Pediatrics Entrance and stop at the desk.
Drop offs welcome from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., Monday-Friday. Call ahead during the lunch hour, 12 p.m.-1 p.m.
Contacts: Jennifer Richardson & Frances Garcia
Memorial Hermann The Woodlands Hospital (in the Lactation Center)
9250 Pinecroft
The Woodlands, TX 77380
Hours: Any time Mon-Fri 9-3. Call ahead to drop off Sat 10-3.
281-364-5896
New Braunfels
Christus Santa Rosa Hospital-New Braunfels
Lactation Center
600 N. Union
New Braunfels, TX 78130
830-606-9111 x6193
Hours: Mon-Fri 8-1
*Please call ahead
San Antonio
North Central Baptist Hospital
Mother's Milk First Lactation Center in the Atrium
502 Madison Oak, Suite 190
San Antonio TX 78258
210-297-4086
Northeast Baptist Hospital
8811 Village Dr.
San Antonio, TX
78217-5440
210-297-2069
*Please call ahead
Hours: Mon-Fri 9-4
Methodist Women’s Center
8109 Fredericksburg Rd.
San Antonio, TX 78229
210-575-0261
Hours: M-F 8:30-5 (closed from noon-1 p.m.)
San Marcos
Central Texas Medical Center
Postpartum Unit
1301 Wonder World Drive
San Marcos, TX 78666
512-753-3842
Waco
Hillcrest Baptist Medical Center
Mothers’ Milk Bank
110 Medical Blvd. Waco, TX 76712
Donors should go through the front entrance of the Women and Children’s Hospital, and ask for one of the lactation nurses at the Mother-Baby Area. Please call ahead and someone may be able to come meet you. Office 254-202-2706; Nurses Station 254-202-2180; or Pager 254-398-2313.
Hours: 9-3:30
