The number of mothers who donate excess breast milk for vulnerable babies in neonatal intensive care units in Mississippi has decreased.
by Kate Royals, Mississippi Today February 7, 2022 Francis De La Rosa of Brandon went into labor with her twins at 26 weeks pregnant in July 2021. Her son and daughter were born weighing about two pounds each, and they were immediately whisked away to the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit at Merit Health River Oaks Hospital. De La Rosa has worked at Mothers’ Milk Bank of Mississippi since 2017.
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