Our Stories
Celebrating 10 years of the Milk Bank
The Rogers Hixon Ontario Human Milk Bank, located at Mount Sinai Hospital, is a seemingly small space with an incredibly big mission. “When the Milk Bank first opened in 2013, we had one goal in mind – to provide the healthiest start for preterm, hospitalized babies...
Ongoing research hopes to optimize the quality of donor human milk by improving pasteurization methods
Human milk is widely considered the gold standard for feeding infants. Its properties are especially important for infants born preterm, not only for nutritional value, but for growth, neurodevelopment, and protection against infection. Milk donated to the Rogers...
Whitney’s Story: A journey from surrogacy to breastmilk donation
Whitney McGregor shares how her personal fertility experience unfolded a desire to give back through both surrogacy and donation of milk, to the Rogers Hixon Ontario Human Milk Bank. Whitney and her partner never knew if they would be able to get pregnant on their...