There is no minimum or maximum amount you may donate at one time.
The milk bank receives frozen breastmilk that has previously been stored in freezers.
If breastmilk is kept in a regular freezer, it can be up to 3 months old. If kept in a deep freezer, it can be up to 6 months old.
After the pasteurization process and lab testing, donor breastmilk is sent primarily to Neonatal Intensive Care Units.
Donors do not receive any payment for their donations.
The milk bank will gladly send insulated boxes and cover all shipping expenses for donors who wish to send their milk from out-of-state.
Donors may send any frozen breastmilk (within the acceptable age range and free of restricted medications) that may be currently stored.
Any type of food-safe storage container donors wish to send to the milk bank is acceptable.
Simply contact the Oklahoma Mothers’ Milk Bank at (405) 297-5683 for a short phone screening to test donor eligibility.
Your doctor knows about your baby’s health and knows that your baby will be fine with the medication you are taking. All medications enter the blood stream and some of it also enters the milk you are pumping. The babies we serve are very fragile. Some of them are preterm babies as small as 1 pound and very sick. OMMB must be very careful and protect these little ones so we are not able to take milk during the time you are taking most medication.