Many women who undergo certain cancer treatments may not be able to breastfeed their newborns. For instance, women who undergo double mastectomies are unable to breastfeed because their milk ducts are removed during the procedure. Some women must start or continue cancer treatment immediately following childbirth. In these instances, cancer patients and survivors could use donated breast milk from a milk bank.
“The Human Milk Banking Association of North America (HMBANA) is a multidisciplinary group of health care providers that promotes, protects, and supports donor milk banking. HMBANA is the only professional membership association for milk banks in Canada, Mexico and the United States and as such sets the standards and guidelines for donor milk banking for those areas.” Below is a list of milk bank locations listed on their website:
BC Women’s Milk Bank
C & W Lactation Services
4500 Oak Street, IU 30
Vancouver, BC V6H 3N1 Phone (604) 875-2282
FAX 604-875-2871
fjones@cw.bc.ca
Mothers’ Milk Bank
751 South Bascom Ave
San Jose, CA 95128 Phone (408) 998-4550
FAX (408) 297-9208
mothersmilkbank@hhs.co.santa-clara.ca.us
Mothers’ Milk Bank Presbyterian/St. Luke’s Medical Center and Rocky Mountain Hospital for Children
1719 E 19th Ave
Denver, CO 80218
Phone (303) 869-1888
Laraine.Lockhart-Borman@healthonecares.com
Mothers’ Milk Bank of Florida (developing)
Orlando, FL
milkbankofflorida@gmail.com
Indiana Mothers’ Milk Bank, Inc.
4755 Kingsway Drive, Suite 120
Indianapolis, IN 46205
Phone (317) 536-1670
Toll-free 1 (877) 829-7470
FAX (317) 536-1676
jorourke@immb.org
Mother’s Milk Bank of Iowa
Department of Food and Nutrition Services
University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics
University of Iowa at Liberty Square
119 2nd Street, Suite 400
Coralville, IA 52241
Phone: (319)356-2652
FAX (319)384-9933
jean-drulis@uiowa.edu
Bronson Mothers’ Milk Bank
601 John Street
Suite N1300
Kalamazoo, MI 49007
Phone (269) 341-8849
FAX (269) 341-8918
Duffc@bronsonhg.org
Mothers’ Milk Bank of Mississippi (developing)
PO Box 1538
Madison, MS 39130-1538
MilkBankofMS@gmail.com
Kansas City Regional Human Milk Bank (developing)
kcmilkbank@saint-lukes.org
816.932.4888
Mothers’ Milk Bank of New England
PO Box 600091
Newtonville, MA 02460
or
225 Nevada Street Room 201
Newtonville, MA 02460
Phone: 617-527-6263
Fax: 617-527-1055
info@milkbankne.org
WakeMed Mothers’ Milk Bank and Lactation Center
3000 New Bern Ave
Raleigh, NC 27610
Phone (919) 350-8599
FAX (919) 350-8923
Suevans@wakemed.org
MBradshaw@wakemed.org
Mothers’ Milk Bank of Ohio
Grant Medical Center @
Victorian Village Health Center
1087 Dennison Avenue
Columbus, OH 43201
Phone (614) 544-0810
FAX (614) 544-0812
gmorrow@ohiohealth.com
Ontario Human Milk Bank (developing)
Toronto, ON
Northwest Mothers Milk Bank (developing)
3439 NE Sandy Blvd #130
Portland, OR 97232
info@nwmmb.org
Mothers’ Milk Bank at Austin
2911 Medical Arts St. Suite 12
Austin, TX 78705
Phone (512) 494-0800
Toll-free 1 (877) 813-MILK (6455)
FAX (512) 494-0880
info@milkbank.org
Mothers’ Milk Bank of North Texas
1300 W. Lancaster Suite 108
Ft. Worth, TX 76102
Phone (817) 810-0071
Toll-free 1 (866) 810-0071
FAX (817) 810-0087
info@TexasMilkBank.org
