mums who have donated to a milk bank (uk)

[wishuwerehere]

My local hospital has a big nicu and their own milk bank. I've been thinking as my supply is good about donating milk. I've got an email address for the coordinator i just wondered if anyone here had done this and if so if i could ask a couple of questions.

How much milk do they expect from yyou? Is it like a regular amount in x amount of time? Because i can express 3oz in about 5 mins so if i expressed 3oz once or twice a day would that be enough? I'm assuming prem babies don't take huge volumes of milk so 3oz could do a couple of feeds? I could do more milk just as a minimum if i don't get more time to express in a day 3oz seems to be really easy for me to produce!
Also will i need to have any sort of health checkups before i donate? Do they do blood tests or anything like that?

 

[missk1989]

They come and chat to you and do blood tests. You express as much as you can and they will come and collect it when you have a certain amount.

 

[kanga]

Wss. Plus some prem babies only take an oz a day. So it goes further than you think x

 

[justmeinlove]

If milk banks don't work out, look up Human Milk 4 Human Babies on FB. It's a page which matches parents looking for donors with donors - more of a wet nurse style thing than milk banks where you express - I think the human milk 4 human babies is more you just feed the baby (or express, I think). It's something I wish I had known about a year ago.