Article: Mothers mothers helping ; Donor breast milk provides a personal gift to babies

He came into this world weighing a mere 2 pounds, 15 ounces. Born at just 31 weeks gestation, baby Isaiah Staton was transferred from the Springfield Regional Medical Center Birthing Center to Dayton Children's Medical Center, where he is in the neonatal intensive care unit.

Unable to provide her son with breast milk, Isaiah's mother, Amber Staton of Springfield, was given the option of feeding her baby with donor breast milk, or infant formula, while in the NICU. "I had never heard about it," Staton said. "I was curious. Will it hurt him? Will it help him?" Once the many undisputable benefits of human breast milk -- such as easier digestion -- were explained to her, Staton opted to allow ...

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