Breast milk
donation sites
Aspirus Women’s Health offers
a milk donation program where
lactating mothers can donate extra
breast milk to help feed premature
babies and others whose mothers
may not be able to breastfeed.
Breast milk can be donated at the
following drop-off sites:
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Aspirus Birnamwood Clinic.
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Aspirus Doctors Clinic (Wisconsin
Rapids).
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Aspirus Edgar Clinic.
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Aspirus Elcho Clinic.
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Aspirus General Clinic–Antigo.
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Aspirus Kronenwetter Clinic.
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Aspirus Marathon Clinic.
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Aspirus Rhinelander Clinic.
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Aspirus Stevens Point Clinic.
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Aspirus Weston Clinic.
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Aspirus Women’s Health at Aspirus
Wausau Hospital.
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Memorial Health Center Family
Center (Medford).
to allow family members to see Isabella
even though she was in the NICU.
Thanks to a new webcam system called
NICVIEW, members of the Flowerette
family as far away as South Africa were
able to see Isabella simply by logging on
to a computer.
The NICVIEW system consists of
a camera in each room of the NICU
that can be positioned over each baby.
Families are given secure, encrypted
login information that can be passed
along to friends and family.
“I wasn’t aware of the camera system
when I researched the Aspirus NICU, so
it was quite a surprise—and a very happy
one at that, because when you have a baby,
you want to show it off,” Bonny said. “I
wanted people to see Isabella, and the
wonderful thing about the camera system
is that everyone could see her but I was
also able to protect her from germs and
stuff that you worry about in the NICU.”
Just a click away
Bonny stayed in Isabella’s room in the
NICU the entire eight days she was there,
but Ryan was unable to always be there due
to work and other responsibilities. Bonny
said her family used NICVIEW all the
time, and Ryan would log on during lunch
breaks at work and spend time with Isabella
even though he couldn’t physically be there.
“It was cute, because you can’t make a
lot of noise in the NICU, so I’d position
the camera on me and the baby and we’d
text back and forth to communicate in
real time,” Bonny said. “My family would
text me things like ‘I want to see her feet
and ears,’ or ‘I can see her yawning.’”
The NICVIEW webcam system can
be accessed securely on a computer,
tablet or smartphone and is available
to all families with a baby in the NICU.
Funding was made possible through
community support of the 2013 Aspirus
Women’s Golf Classic.
SPECIALTY CARE FOR YOUR SPECIAL DELIVERY
For more information on the Anya Marie Jackson NICU at Aspirus Wausau Hospital,
go to
aspirus.org/nicu
or call
715-847-2380
or
800-847-4707
. For more
information on the Aspirus Women’s Golf Classic, go to
aspirus.org/golfclassic
or
call the Aspirus Health Foundation at
715-847-2470
.
Breast milk:
The perfect food
Breastfeeding is one of the best
things you can do for your baby. It’s an
important way to bond with your newborn,
and it also provides a food that:
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Has the perfect combination of
nutrients.
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Is easily digested.
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Adjusts to your baby’s changing needs.
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Helps protect against many diseases
and allergies.
Source: American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists
SHARE THE LOVE
Find out more about donating
milk by calling Aspirus Women’s Health
at
715-847-0454
or
888-236-2483
or
by emailing
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