UAE mum donates breastmilk to babies who’ve lost their mothers to COVID-19

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00:00So these are the milk that I was able to stock up and I'm very very happy to share to the kids

00:08and I'm very very excited because I'm going to meet them again and yeah, it's gonna be a great day!

00:18By the way, I am a cow mama. I produce a lot of milk.

00:21I am now in my 100 liters and counting journey with my breast milk

00:27and I'm very very happy to share it for the kids who don't have a means of drinking the breast milk.

00:32I wanted to give back to the community. I wanted to share

00:36and I'm very very thankful because my husband is supporting me all the way of what I do

00:41and the first inspiration of this was actually when I found out that there are kids who needs breast milk

00:48especially the ones who are sick and especially the ones who lost their mother because of the COVID-19.

00:53My friend and a colleague actually tagged me about the breast milk donation

00:58and I was actively participating about donating to Baby Ruben.

01:04So what I learned about Baby Ruben is that he was born 1.7 kg

01:09and he even wasn't able to touch or hug or even kiss his mother when he was born.

01:16He was immediately separated from his mom.

01:19And because of that, he never had the mother's love of his biological mother of course.

01:26And then after that, we the mothers who are very happy to give him milk,

01:32we so actively supported him by sending milk, donating milk to Baby Ruben.

01:38And good thing is like he was from 1.7 kg, he became 3 kg

01:44and now he's really gaining more weight and I'm very very happy to be part of that journey.

01:49And hopefully, there will be more babies that we're going to have.

01:53We all know the very great benefits of breast milk and the perfect combination of protein and nutrients

02:01and especially the vitamins that they are getting from the breast milk rather than the formula.

02:07And my advocacy is really promote and to increase the benefits of this breast milk.

02:13So my baby is actually, she refuses to drink from the bottle.

02:18And I create 250 ml without feeding and like 180 something like that.

02:27So I still have like excess of almost 400 ml per 4 hours.

02:34That's how I make milk.

02:36So I am going to still continue pumping even if I'm working.

02:41And my company is very very supportive about breast milk and I'm very happy about it.

02:48I would like to share this story to inspire more moms to pump

02:52and to help also to kids who really need breast milk.

02:57And I would also want to share this experience to raise awareness about the importance of breast milk.

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