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Our Mission The Mothers' Milk Bank at Austin is a non-profit organization whose mission is to accept, pasteurize and dispense donor human milk by physician prescription, primarily to premature and ill infants.

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Storing your milk

Tips for storing your pumped milk

• Milk storage bags are okay, but rigid plastic containers are BEST! The bags sometimes leak and can cause loss of some of the milk fat.
• The milk bank provides rigid plastic containers to our donors, and all collection sites have them available for you when you drop off your milk.
• Collect your milk and store it in your freezer until you are ready to drop off the next deposit.
• Let us know if freezer space is a problem for you – we can help with delivery and storage arrangements.
• Typically you may store your milk for three to four months in a freezer, or up to seven months in a deep freeze, before delivering it to the Milk Bank. But give us a call if you have questions about your milk.
• Leave ½ inch at the top of the container for the milk to expand as it freezes.
• Refrigerate or freeze your milk within 30 minutes of pumping. You may refrigerate your milk for up to 24 hours before freezing.
• Check freezer temperatures regularly in case power outages or door being left open. 

Need more milk storage containers? Let us know.

 

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