Mother's Milk donation
Babies at Intermountain Healthcare’s Newborn Intensive Care Units are fed breast milk to help provide nutrients and other benefits that infant formula cannot provide. Intermountain Healthcare has partnered with the Mountain West Mother’s Milk Bank (MWMMB) to ensure the proper pasteurization for NICU babies. We’re proud to have numerous donation and outreach centers on the Wasatch Front and one on the Wasatch Back where MWMMB screened donors can donate their breast milk.
More than 60% of mothers with babies in the NICU can't provide enough milk to meet their baby's needs. By donating breast milk, you can help these babies and their families in their time of great need. Breast milk can protect vulnerable babies in NICUs from all kinds of complications, including RSV, colds, the flu, respiratory infections, and necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC) — a condition that can make babies life-threateningly sick. Donor milk, which is tested and pasteurized before being used, helps infants have fewer infections and allergies while improving cognitive and behavioral development.