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Wednesday, 31 October 2012

This woman has donated 87 gallons of breastmilk.Now in the Guinness World Records

The Most Breast Milk donated has been conferred on Alicia Richman of Granbury, Tex. She is now in the Guinness Book of World records for “Most Breastmilk Donated”. The 28 year-old mother has donated an equivalent of 87 gallons of breastmilk to charity between June 2011 and March 2012.
I started pumping and storing my milk after I gave birth in March 2011, Richman told CBS, and  quickly realized that I was producing more than my son could consume.
When two freezers were chock full of pumped milk, Richman contacted the Mothers’ Milk Bank of North Texas, an nonprofit that collects bosom milk donations for critically ill and premature infants in need.




















Her donations have fed “hundreds, and more likely, thousands of premature babies across the United States,” Amy Vickers, executive director of the milk bank, says in a press release.
Richman says she went for the Guinness record because she wanted to raise awareness for the cause and encourage other women to donate to milk banks.
“I’m so thankful that I’m able to help not only my own baby, Drake, but all of the little babies who need it and are sick,” Richman told News 8. “It really feels amazing and I’m so thankful that I’m able to do it.”

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