How can a mother become a donor?

We are currently accepting new donors, dairy free donors, and premature donors.  

If you are interested in becoming a milk donor, please contact the WakeMed Mothers' Milk Bank at 919-350-8599.   You may also email a program coordinator at suevans@wakemed.org. 

Milk is donated to the WakeMed Mothers' Milk Bank, and donors are never paid.  However, the Mothers' Milk Bank assumes all costs for blood testing and supplies containers to store milk. 

Most donor mothers find they can begin pumping extra milk (typically four ounces each day) to donate once their own children are a few weeks old and are regularly gaining weight. Donors store the milk in their home freezer, then deliver the milk to our facility.  

We ask our out-of-town donors who overnight-express milk to send the product in batches of at least 200 to 300 ounce increments to help keep down shipping costs.  For more extensive shipping information,  click here.

For more information about human milk donation, please visit www.hmbana.com.