Donor Story: Leah & Baby Nixon
Sometimes our donors have overcome incredible odds to be the generous milk donors who keep the milk bank going. Leah and baby Nixon have...
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- Feb 4
- 1 min
Kristen & Reaghan's Donor Story
NorthernStar Milk Donor Kristen shared her story about her breastfeeding journey with her baby Reaghan: "Our breastfeeding journey ended...
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- Jan 25
- 1 min
Christina & Kellan's Donor Story
NorthernStar Milk Donor baby Kellan survives and thrives after a diagnosis in utero. His mum Christina has donated almost 20 LITRES of...
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- Jan 4
- 2 min
Mary & Abigail's Story - Recipient to Donor
Sweet Baby Abigail was born early at 28 weeks and 6 days, and she and her mother Mary have come such a long way. Abigail started out as a...
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- Nov 8, 2022
- 2 min
Second-Time Donor Story: Rhaya
Our donors have the most inspiring stories to share! Second-time NorthernStar milk donor Rhaya graciously shared her milk with two...
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- Oct 22, 2022
- 1 min
Bebe & Thomas - Recipient to Donor
Sometimes NorthernStar milk donors start as milk recipients while their baby is in the NICU (neonatal intensive care unit). That's part...
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- Mar 7, 2022
- 1 min
Donor Profile: Kayla and Brooke, Gemma, & Scarlett's Story
Mom of triplets 👶👶👶 & NorthernStar milk donor Kayla: “Our family was blessed with the birth of our set of identical triplets in May...
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- Jan 19, 2022
- 1 min
Donor Profile: Liam's Story
From Liam's mom, Chelsea: Breastfeeding and milk supply was a huge struggle for us. I had to be induced due to pre-eclampsia and ended up...
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- Jan 11, 2022
- 3 min
Donor Profile: Charlie, Ricky & Louise's Story
From Charlie, Ricky & Louise's Mom, Trang: This is my third baby’s milk donation. They are quite different every single time. I had...
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- Oct 19, 2021
- 1 min
Donor Profile: Zoe's Story
From Zoe's Mom, Nancy: Motherhood has taught me that it’s okay when life doesn’t always go as planned. My feeding journey with Zoe was...
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- Aug 24, 2021
- 1 min
Donor Profile: Cadence's Story
From Cadence's Mom: After pumping exclusively for my third baby, I learned a lot about myself and why my previous breastfeeding journeys...
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- Aug 17, 2021
- 1 min
Donor Profile: Colt's Story
From Colt's Mom, Jalisa: I was an oversupplier since the beginning of our breastfeeding journey. I had built up a large freezer stash...
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- Jul 22, 2021
- 1 min
Donor Profile: Amanda & Maisie's Story
Maisie was born 8 weeks prematurely, at 3lbs 11oz, and required hospitalization at two of Calgary’s fantastic Neonatal Intensive Care...
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- Jan 20, 2021
- 1 min
Donor Profile: Olivia's Story
"I nursed my four babies for a collective 64 months. It wasn't possible to donate breast milk to a milk bank until my last baby born in...
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- Jan 6, 2021
- 1 min
Donor Profile: Carleigh's Story
"Donating milk wasn’t something I had always planned on doing... About two months postpartum I began to stock pile milk in the freezer in...
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- Sep 10, 2020
- 1 min
Donor profile: Katie's story
Our sweet and rascally little Duncan was a month premature and a teeny little guy at 3lb 14oz, and was IUGR meaning Intrauterine Growth...
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- Jun 24, 2020
- 1 min
Donor profile: Hayley's story
It took us three years and fertility treatments to start our family. I now have two beautiful daughters and feel so lucky every day for...
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- Jun 15, 2020
- 1 min
Donor Profile: Mary's story
"Many of the women in many family struggled with breastfeeding for various reasons. So when I was pregnant with my first son I was...
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- Jun 8, 2020
- 1 min
Donor Profile: Rachel's story
My last baby spent two weeks in the NICU after birth. He was fed with IV nutrition the first few days, then a feeding tube till he was...
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- May 25, 2020
- 2 min
Donor Profile: Chenxin's Story
"Like many twins, Laura and Layla were born prematurely on 2018.10.02 and were admitted to the NICU immediately. I was fortunate that my...
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