More than a half million babies in the United States - that's 1 in every 8 - are born premature each year.1

Making a Difference in the lives of premature infants

These preemies are often at risk for a number of life-threatening complications including Necrotizing Enterocolitis (NEC). One of the biggest hurdles these babies face is receiving enough calories and protein to develop and survive. By making the decision to donate your excess breast milk, you could have a significant impact on the lives of these infants and their families.

Milkbanking.net has been designed to aid healthy lactating women locate a donor milk bank for the purpose of breast milk donation. Donations of extra breast milk will be used to make nutritional formulations by Prolacta Bioscience®, a for-profit company, and sold to hospital Neonatal Intensive Care Units (NICUs). These products provide enhanced nutritional support required for very low birth weight, critically ill, premature infants.

In conjunction with Prolacta Bioscience®, the goal of milkbanking.net is to provide an opportunity for all qualified donors across the contiguous United States to donate their excess milk by making the donation process convenient and confidential.



All milk banks within the Milkbanking.net system abide by HIPAA regulations and makes certain that all private information is kept secure.

1Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, http://www.cdc.gov/Features/PrematureBirth/

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Donor milk sent to Africa through Prolacta and International Breast Milk Project's partnership is provided to infants suffering from HIV/AIDS, malnourishment, poverty and disease. It is used only when a baby does not have access to his/her mother's own milk, including babies who are abandoned or orphaned of HIV+ mothers. Through the partnership with International Breast Milk Project, 25% of the donated milk is tested, pasteurized and filled into appropriate containers for shipment to Africa.

The remaining milk collected is used by Prolacta to make human milk-based nutritional products for premature infants hospitalized in neonatal intensive care units. IBMP is a Prolacta-affiliated milk bank and is responsible for donor recruitment. Prolacta manages donor qualification and milk collection, testing and processing into nutritional formulations.