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要擠出29加侖的母奶可是要花許多時間擠奶的。不過對於威斯康辛州的這位叫做Amy Bormann的媽媽來說，能夠用這些母奶幫助需要的寶寶，這可是非常值得的。這位兩個孩子的媽媽在接受ABC新聞訪問時表示，由於她正在哺乳第二個孩子，當時寶寶才六個月大，但卻儲存了兩大箱奶在冷凍櫃中，而她又還不想要斷奶也不希望浪費這兩大箱的奶，她決定與當地的母奶銀行聯繫。

Twenty-nine gallons of breast milk is a lot of time to spend on the pump. But for Amy Bormann of Rhinelander, Wisconsin, it was well worth it to help babies in need. The mom of two told ABC News she was breastfeeding her second child and at some point realized she had two deep freezers full of back up supply. Not wanting to stop breastfeeding her baby yet — then six months old — and also not wanting her milk to go to waste, she asked a local lactation consultant about donation.

歷經了在她口中的那段“母奶旅程”，最後捐出了3702盎司的母奶給位於沃索的醫院。Bormann說到“我曾經在新生兒加護病房工作，也因此我知道母奶對於早產兒來說有多麽的重要”

Over the course of her “breastfeeding journey,” as she called it, she donated 3,702 ounces to The Milk Bank donation center at Aspirus Wausau Hospital in Wausau. “I worked in a NICU,” Bormann said, “and know how important breast milk is for premature babies.”

Susan Lindekugel是位在Aspirus沃索醫院的母乳輔導師，雖然他不認識Amy Bormann，但她非常認同Amy的說詞。“我們非常需要母乳，就像是捐血銀行一樣，我們的資源來自全國各地”。Lindekugel說到29加侖的確是非常大量的捐款，“大部分的女性每次可以擠出2-5盎司的母奶，通常一天要擠8-10次，你可以算算看那是多少。

Susan Lindekugel, a lactation consultant at the birthing center at Aspirus Wausau Hospital who does not know Bormann, agreed. “We’re always looking for milk,” she said. “It comes from all around the nation, the same way a blood bank works.” Lindekugel said 29 gallons is a very large donation. “Most women get between 2-5 ounces every time they pump and pump 8-10 times per day. You do the math,” she said.

就如同Bormann說到，擠母奶的確是非常耗費時間，但她說這也是一個“非常美好的經驗”。她也提到捐母奶的過程其實不難：一些文件的申請、檢驗、還有小兒科醫生證明母親不會因為捐出母奶而使她的孩子不夠奶喝就可以捐了。“捐母奶真的很簡單，也希望有多餘母奶的媽媽們可以加入捐母奶的行列。這絕對是值得投資的事情，積少成多幫助許多寶寶”

While Bormann said it was a huge time commitment, she also said it “was an amazing experience.” She also said the approval process wasn’t hard: some paperwork, lab tests and a note from her child’s pediatrician that he wouldn’t lack for milk if she began donating. “It’s such an easy process and I would hope that if other moms had extra milk they would donate too. It’s totally worth it to keep at it a little longer. Every little bit goes a long way.”

JL碎唸～

29加侖就是109776cc，也就是439罐250 cc的可樂這麼多，實在太強了！！！！！

不過母奶媽媽是真的很偉大，那是多少的時間用來擠奶，還有好多東西不行吃，好多事情不行做換來的

在這給母奶媽媽拍拍手呀！！

學點小英文

breastfeeding

NICU (Neonatal Intensive-Care Unit) 新生兒加護病房

premature babies 早產兒

pediatrician 小兒科醫生

Every little bit goes a long way 積少成多

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