Donating breast milk in Melbourne

Hey mum's,

Does anyone know if Melbourne has a clinic/hospital or themselves know how to donate breast milk? My supply is too much and I express nearly 600mls and from that i keep 200ml in the fridge so my partner can also feed baby. I've got too much stored and feel like most of it will be wasted, I hate the thought if that.

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Some hospitals will take it. Mercy where I'll be birthing at in Vic has a bank. They'll take you through a screening process.
https://health-services.mercyhealth.com.au/our-health-services/mercy-health-breastmilk-bank/
There's also human milk 4 human babies Facebook page.

I wasn’t allowed to donate as I birthed my son at a private hospital even though the screening passed.

There’s a Facebook page human milk for human babies where parents are seeking donations for their children, I was able to find an ongoing recipient and did a couple of one off donations through there also.

Human milk 4 human babies/Melbourne on FB

My daughter was born at 28 weeks and NICU for 3 months. my milk took forever to come in. So we had to rely on donor milk from the milk bank at mercy. So please please please do the mercy! We were so lucky to get it. It was only as she was super prem and super small that we did. We were at Monash and mercy organised the transfers etc so it does go to all over Vic. Xxx

Bless you though

donating to banks and hospitals is a bit harder, they usually do screening of you and the milk. If OP doesn’t mind and knows 100% that there’s nothing detectable in her milk she can go this route for sure and is recommended. 🙃 sometimes antibiotics, antidepressants or anti allergy meds are not acceptable in the milk/blood if it comes up

Yes I know but it's much safer for the baby to at least know it's been fully vetted isn't it? They also give the mum and full work up

that's exactly right

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Baby clothes

Just out of curiosity, why do parents love zipper onesies?

Don’t get me wrong, I tried zipper ones it’s easy to zip in and out when putting it on the first time and taking it out, but I find it difficult when changing diapers especially when baby is asleep.

I prefer those kimono style buttons where it’s easy to button or too down button with crotch snaps.

Is everyone thinking the same or different? Lol

At this point I’m not enjoying motherhood

My 22 month old is horrendous at the moment🫣 biting, hitting, pushing, pulling and shoving not only adults but children he also wants what other children have and will just snatch it away from them.

We repeat ‘nice hands’ ‘be gentle’ ‘let’s share’ etc

But how do I make him understand what he’s doing isn’t very nice? At the end of the day I feel like I’ve just been saying his name all day and nothing else.

What can I do?

This might rattle some people

Ok, this might get a bit long, and a bit bumpy, so get comfy and buckle up.

So about a week or 2 ago, there was a post on here regarding sleepovers. Not letting their child go to them as you can't trust who'll be at the house etc.

Now, given recent incidents in nurseries and schools, plus my own experience back in the 90s, I am more concerned about sending my child to nursery and later school than I am to a friend's house for a sleep over.

The other day a man was jailed for abusing children at the nursery he worked at. A woman has been arrested for sleeping with an underage boy and then getting pregnant by a different underage boy while on bail for the first offence.

Young girls and boys get sexually harassed and bullied when at school, not all of them. But more than you think. And not just by other kids, but by adults who we as parents are trusting to look after our kids.

A sleepover, is a more controlled environment, with only a handful of people coming into contact with your child. A school, a club etc there can be 100s of people coming into contact with your child.

I was targeted at 7 years old by the owner of a prominent private school. Thankfully, I wasn't SA'd. In year 5 of primary school, I started to develop early, I was harassed by the boys and teachers made remarks about how my uniform didn't fit right, always "adjusting it" around my chest and legs.

Years 7-9 of secondary school were hell. But it was all under the guise of "we're just messing around". A teacher twanging my exposed bra strap (none uniform day) is not "messing around".

Boys pinning me down trying to rip open my shirt to see my breasts.

I fear for my daughter. I hope she takes after my father's family, flat chested.

We need to educate all our children, what is acceptable behaviour. And to come to us, as their parents should ANYTHING happen.

Help

My LO every feed. Drs don’t seem to think it’s a problem the whole Muslim cloth gets soaked so much I’m using towels now. I’ve tried size O teats he gets really frustrated and still spills it out :(

Dummy

My baby has had a dummy since about 2 weeks old (now 5 months) and over the course of the last month we weaned her off it during the day only for naps and night (which was fine) and then 5 days took it completely away during the day.

The first day no dummy was fine, the second bit rougher. But now it feels impossible she just moans and cries all the time it takes ages for her to go down to sleep (she’s always been an amazing sleeper)

I thought it was meant to get better as time went on not worse. I’m at my wits end I dunno what to do.

Currently typing this as she screams uncontrollably in the car and I cry with her cos I can’t do anything.

Is this normal?

My 12m old is really funny with kids going near him, he’s always been this way, but anytime family’s kids sit next to him or head his way he moans or cries and moves away. He also really observes them and is never really relaxed, always looking over his shoulder. Has anyone experienced this? (He’s starting nursery properly tomorrow so hoping this helps) but is this normal?