UAMS Milk Bank

04/14/2026

🤱March to Donate Challenge 🤱
What an Incredible Month! Thank you Arkansas!😍🙏🏻
We are beyond grateful for the overwhelming support shown during our March to Donate Challenge across all UAMS Milk Bank depots!
🎉🙌🏻 Mercy NWA led the way with BOTH the highest volume and the greatest number of donors bringing in an amazing 1,892 ounces of life-saving milk!
🎉🎉 Conway Regional followed closely behind with an impressive 1,446 ounces donated in March!
A special highlight was our largest single donation dropped off directly at the UAMS Milk Bank topped 2,500 ounces! 😱🎉🤱
In total, nearly all of our regional depots contributed, helping us collect a remarkable 13,196 ounces of donor milk in just one month.
While we celebrate this success, the need remains urgent. NICUs across our state are using close to 14,000 ounces of milk every month, and admissions remain high.
We need healthy moms with extra milk to step forward and become donors. By donating, moms help other moms feed their babies supporting the tiniest, most vulnerable patients and truly embodying the spirit of giving.
Join us. Share the gift of milk. Save lives.

04/01/2026

Got Milk… for Adults? 👀🥛

This April Fools’ Day, we’re excited to announce our newest program:
✨ Artisan Adult Milk Flights ✨

Featuring notes of vanilla, hints of oat (just kidding 😉), and sourced from only the finest donors—because everyone deserves the liquid gold experience, right?

…Okay, okay—we’ll stick to what we do best. 💛

While we may not be serving up milk tastings, we are serious about one thing: providing life-saving donor milk to the tiniest patients who need it most.

💛 Become a donor
💛 Support our mission
💛 Share the love (not the milk flights 😄)

03/30/2026

Below we are sharing a story from one of our amazing donor's Aspen:

We discovered we were expecting identical twin girls (monochorionic/diamniotic) at eight weeks. Throughout the pregnancy, I developed several complications, including preeclampsia and placental insufficiency. This led to intrauterine growth restriction (IUGR) in one of the twins, and my OB and maternal-fetal medicine team recommended that I deliver via C-section at 34 weeks.

Molly and Natalie were born on August 25th at Mercy Hospital in Rogers. Due to their prematurity, both girls spent time in the NICU and received donor milk via nasogastric tubes for ~2.5 weeks while I worked to establish my own milk supply. I am forever grateful to the donors who ensured my babies were nourished during that time. As a new mother recovering from surgery and unexpected post-birth complications, having access to donor milk provided immense mental relief. It helped alleviate the stress and guilt I felt while navigating my own health complications, knowing that my daughters were receiving the best possible care and nutrition.

Natalie came home from the NICU after 22 days, while Molly (the growth-restricted twin) came home after 35 days. By this time, my milk supply had been established, and we were able to begin our lives as a family of four. As we settled into our routines, I hoped to make a positive impact in the lives of other NICU families by paying it forward and becoming a milk donor myself. I could not be more grateful for the donors who impacted our lives and allowed my babies to come home thriving. I hope that, due to donor milk, other NICU parents get to say the same.

Donor milk is a gift! Feel free to share your story in the comments!!

03/25/2026

Help us Feed the Tiny Humans AND get your freezer in tip top shape!

🌷 Happy First Day of Spring! It’s the perfect time to clear out your freezer and consider donating your extra milk.

Every ounce donated helps fragile infants get the nutrition they need to thrive. Your generosity truly makes a difference.

🔗 Find your local milk bank and learn how to donate at HMBANA.org.

03/17/2026

Feeling lucky this St. Patrick’s Day? 🍀
At the UAMS Milk Bank, we know it’s not luck—it’s generosity that saves lives.

Every ounce of donated milk helps nourish fragile babies and gives families hope when they need it most. This St. Patrick’s Day, you can be someone’s good fortune.

✨ Donate milk
✨ Spread the word
✨ Support life-saving care

Because the real gold at the end of the rainbow… is healthy babies. 💚

03/12/2026

The milk banking community is coming together this week in San Diego for the Human Milk Institute Conference—an inspiring gathering of clinicians, researchers, milk bank leaders, and advocates united by one powerful idea: human milk matters.

From improving maternal health to protecting the most vulnerable infants, human milk is one of the most impactful interventions in medicine. As the fields of lactology and breastfeeding medicine continue to grow, so does our understanding of the science behind lactation and the lifesaving value of human milk.

It’s exciting to see the global community leaning into the study, support, and celebration of breastfeeding. Together, we are advancing research, strengthening milk banking systems, and expanding access so more mothers and babies can benefit.

When the milk banking community comes together, the future of maternal and infant health gets stronger. 🤱🍼

03/10/2026

Sometimes the smallest babies need the biggest community support. 💛

For the tiniest premature newborns in the NICU, just 2–3 ounces of donated human milk can provide an entire 24 hours of feedings. Those few ounces can help protect fragile intestines, support growth, and give these babies the nutrition they need during the most critical days of life.

When mothers have extra milk to share, that generosity becomes life-saving medicine for infants whose own mothers may not yet be able to produce enough.

By donating to the UAMS Milk Bank, you’re doing more than giving milk—you’re strengthening the health of the smallest Arkansans and supporting families during one of the most vulnerable moments of their lives.

✨ A few ounces can change a day.
✨ A few donations can change a life.
✨ A community can change outcomes.

If you have extra milk or know someone who might, consider becoming a donor today and help us ensure that every baby who needs donor milk has access to it.

03/09/2026

Today we celebrate **International Women’s Day** by honoring the strength, compassion, and generosity of women everywhere. 💜

At the UAMS Milk Bank, we see the power of women every day—mothers who give the incredible gift of donor milk so that fragile and premature babies can receive the nutrition they need to grow and thrive. One woman’s generosity can nourish dozens of infants and support families during some of their most vulnerable moments.

This International Women’s Day, we invite more mothers to join this life-saving circle of care. If you have extra breast milk and are able to donate, you can help ensure that babies across Arkansas have access to safe, pasteurized donor milk when they need it most. 🍼

✨ Your milk can save lives.
✨ Your generosity can support families.
✨ Your impact can last a lifetime.

Learn more about becoming a donor and help us continue empowering women to care for the tiniest patients.

03/06/2026

Pregnancy is a beautiful thing but the complication can have life threatening consequences. See your doctor, follow advice from a physician and mommas take care of mommas! Let’s all work together to make sure all women in Arkansas have equal access to fantastic healthcare before, during and after pregnancy and make Arkansas healthy! Be part of the solution to reducing maternal and infant mortality!

03/06/2026

A great way to help out families in the NICU and show some love!

UAMS NICU SNACK DRIVE!
See Details Below!
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03/03/2026

Be a Hero!!! STEP UP, PUMPS ON! March to Donate started March 1st and runs til the end of the Month!

Donate your milk in the Month of March in the MARCH TO DONATE milk drive. Take your donation to your local depot and join the race!

Depots with the largest single donation, the largest total volume and the largest number of unique donors will win!!! Get some Milk Bank swag and show your support for tiny babies all over our state!