Barbara Correa writes about work and family for the Los Angeles Daily News.Got Milk?
Some nursing mothers are as attached to the breast milk they produce as they are to their own babies. Yesterday, the news out of Cedar Rapids, Iowa was about a nursing mom offering 100 ounces of her breast milk for $200 -- or best offer. She claims she's making too much for her four-month-old to eat, and hubby is threatening to throw out the frozen supplies in the freezer.
I jumped on Craigslist to see if this overabundance of breastmilk is an issue here in L.A. Sure enough, Amber in the San Fernando Valley is advertising her milk too. She is offering to donate it, for the exact same reason as the Iowa woman: hubby wants to dump the frozen liquid gold because it's taken over the freezer.
Well, guess what? Turns out there are breast milk banks that will take the milk of mothers' hands and usually sell it to hospitals for sick babies. Some will pick up the milk, but they don't pay for it. There don't seem to be that many banks around, so you may have to ship it. Here are a few that I did find:
Milkin' Mamas Breast Milk Bank in Seal Beach
Mother's Milk Bank in San Jose