Donate Milk | Mothers' Milk Bank Southeast

Your extra milk can help save lives.

When mothers choose to donate their extra milk, they create miracles for families facing some of their hardest moments. A single donation can help provide lifesaving nutrition, reduce serious health risks, and give babies the strongest possible start when their own mother’s milk is unavailable or not enough.

By becoming a milk donor, moms make one of the greatest impacts possible. Your milk can nourish, protect, and help save lives.

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Donating FAQ

Every ounce of donated breast milk has the power to change a baby’s story. For fragile infants in NICUs, premature babies, and medically vulnerable newborns, donor human milk is more than nourishment. It is medicine, protection, and hope.

Screening Process

1. Prescreening Form

Click here to complete a brief form to help us determine your eligibility to become a milk donor.

4. OB's Consent

We will send a consent form to your OB to confirm your medical history.

2. Phone Screening

After submitting the prescreening form, you will then be prompted to schedule a phone screening interview.

5. Blood Test

Next is a blood test at a lab near you. Don’t worry... we cover the cost of the test!

3. Application

After your phone screening, your screener will provide you with a donor application to complete.

6. Approval

Our team will then notify you of your approval status to donate and next steps.

General Donor Requirements

An initial minimum donation of 100 ounces is required to begin the prescreening process.
Every bottle/bag has remained frozen since collection and is clearly labeled with the date collected, including the year.
No donated milk has been frozen for longer than 8 months.
All the milk was collected before the baby's second birthday.
Must complete the screening process listed above.

Ineligibility

Mothers’ Milk Bank Southeast provides lifesaving donor milk to the most critical infants. Therefore, temporary deferral periods or a permanent donor exclusion may apply in the following situations. Our top priority is to provide the safest human donor milk possible.

Smoking or use of tobacco products
Alcohol consumption (waiting period required after drinking ANY alcohol)
Use of illegal recreational drugs
Use of cannabis or CBD products
Use of non-approved medications, vaccines, or herbal supplements
Positive serological test results for HIV, HTLV, hepatitis B or C, or syphilis
Recent history of blood transfusion
Risk of blood-borne illnesses
Organ or tissue transplant
At-risk sexual practices

You have the power to make miracles happen—one ounce at a time.

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Your extra milk can help save lives.

Screening Process

General Donor Requirements

Ineligibility

Mothers’ Milk Bank Southeast provides lifesaving donor milk to the most critical infants. Therefore, temporary deferral periods or a permanent donor exclusion may apply in the following situations. Our top priority is to provide the safest human donor milk possible.​

Smoking or use of tobacco products

Alcohol consumption (waiting period required after drinking ANY alcohol)

Use of illegal recreational drugs

Use of cannabis or CBD products

Use of non-approved medications, vaccines, or herbal supplements

Positive serological test results for HIV, HTLV, hepatitis B or C, or syphilis

Recent history of blood transfusion

Risk of blood-borne illnesses

Organ or tissue transplant

At-risk sexual practices

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You have the power to make miracles happen—one ounce at a time.

Where do I drop off my breast milk once I am approved to donate?

Mothers’ Milk Bank Southeast provides lifesaving donor milk to the most critical infants. Therefore, temporary deferral periods or a permanent donor exclusion may apply in the following situations. Our top priority is to provide the safest human donor milk possible.