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Hospital donor milk program can help premature babies fighting for their lives
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Northeast Georgia Medical Center now offers a donor milk program for premature infants in its neonatal intensive care unit in Gainesville and Braselton. The human milk fortifier aids in supplying premature, newborn infants with the required nutrients, particularly protein and calories.
Abby Burle has produced enough breast milk to feed her triplets, who were born prematurely May 15 at Northeast Georgia Medical Center. But fortified donor milk has given daughter Maggie and sons Max and Miller the extra calories they’ve needed to gain weight. “They’ve all tripled their weight,” Burle said. Help is coming from a donor milk program sponsored by Northeast Georgia Health System for premature infants in the neonatal intensive care unit at its Gainesville and Braselton hospitals. “The donor milk program is an easy and safe outlet for mothers to donate their unused breast milk to babies who need it most,” said Heather Standard, director of Women and Children’s Services at NGMC.