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, Martinez began pumping milk every three hours, producing more than her baby can consume. Instead of discarding the excess, she decided to donate it to the WIC milk bank in San Benito. 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.
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