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Flagstaff, Cottonwood, Sedona, Prescott, Surrounding Areas

Looking for Donor Human Milk?

Pasteurized donor milk from Mother’s Milk Bank of Colorado

This is the safest type of donor milk. It has been tested and pasteurized. Donors have been vigorously screened and tested. Because of this, it is quite pricey. We do not keep in our facilities for direct purchase at this time. Contact the milk bank directly for pricing and purchasing.

Community Donor Milk

This is milk that you can acquire locally from a local donor. When acquiring milk from a local donor it is up to you to screen your potential donor for health concerns, dietary intake, medication and drug use, lifestyle, etc. Milk acquired this way inherently carries with it some risk. Please visit Eats on Feets Four Pillars of Safe Breastmilk Sharing for more information about how to share human milk as safely as possible and methods for home pasteurization.

Here are links to places where you can find non-pasteurized donor milk in the community. Searching for donor milk in the community requires some hustle and vigilance so set your notifications for these pages/groups!

Do you have extra milk to donate?

Donate Locally

Here are some places where you can post your milk for donation. When donating milk be prepared to be asked some personal health questions. Many recipients are savvy about ensuring the safety of the milk they seek.

*We recognize and appreciate that human milk sharing is an age-old and widely used practice. We are delighted to support you in your search for a human milk donor-recipient and share with you our knowledge about doing it as safely as possible, but we cannot directly connect donors to recipients. Please check out Eats on Feets Four Pillars of Safe Breastmilk Sharing for more info on doing this as safely as possible for all parties.

Donate to the Mother’s Milk Bank of Colorado

Your milk may save the life of a baby in this region!

High Country Lactation Care is a milk depot for the Mother’s Milk Bank of Colorado. Please start by visiting the Mother’s Milk Bank to learn more about the process here. After passing the health screening and required blood test, you can drop your milk off with us and we can take care of the shipping for you. Call or text Amanda, our milk bank liaison, (928) 361-5614.

  • Human milk banks have existed in hospitals and other health care settings for more than 100 years.
  • Benefits of human milk for infants include nutritional, immunological, developmental, social, economic and environmental as well as decreased risk of a wide range of illnesses and infections beyond infancy.
  • Common reasons for a micro-preemie to receive human milk donations include prematurity, allergies, feeding/formula intolerance, immunologic deficiencies, post-operative nutrition, infections, and diseases.
  • One ounce of a human milk donation can feed an infant in neonatal intensive care for a full day.
  • Donors are typically married, in their thirties, financially secure, well-educated and healthy. Their reasons for donating have strong altruistic and benevolent themes. Donors give out of the goodness of their hearts expecting nothing in return.
  • In 2012 the American Academy of Pediatrics released its statement on breastfeeding and human donor milk stating that donor human milk is the first choice when mom’s own milk is not available.