Valley mom donates nearly 7 gallons of breast milk to help NICU babies
· KRGV (NBC 5)
Alyssa Martinez, a new mother from the Rio Grande Valley, has donated nearly seven gallons of breast milk to help NICU babies. After giving birth to her son Matthew three months ago, she began pumping every three hours. Realizing she had excess milk, she chose to donate it to the WIC milk bank in San Benito instead of discarding it. The milk is sent to a bank in Austin for pasteurization before being distributed to hospitals statewide. Currently, only three mothers in Cameron County are registered donors, and health officials encourage more to participate to support vulnerable infants.
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