Remember to increase your intake of fluids. Most babies drink about 1 quart of breast milk a day and can empty a breast in about 15 minutes. A lot of chemicals pass through breast milk and premies or sick babies have enough to handle. Your doctor gives you the go ahead to donate your breast milk. You'll need to go through a health screening and blood test at the milk bank like you do at the blood bank, but if you are healthy and able to donate, milk banks need your breast milk.
All testing is done by the milk bank at no cost to the donor.
You want to lose weight for a good cause. Milk banks do not accept breast milk from women who induce lactation to lose weight. Your baby is premature and you are pumping to keep up your milk supply until your baby comes home from the hospital. If your baby will not need all of the milk you have stored once he or she is fully breast feeding, your excess milk could help save a life. You are pumping your milk anyway for times that you are away from your baby.