Iowa City, Ia. — Ann Tvedte needed special help when her twins, Karina and Matthew, were born six weeks early.
She had not yet started to produce breast milk, but she and her husband, John, wanted to provide their newborns with the benefits of a mother's milk.
Help arrived in 4-ounce bottles of donated breast milk from the Mothers' Milk Bank of Iowa. "It really counteracted the fact that they were premature," Ann Tvedte said.
Pediatricians and lactation specialists agree a mother's breast milk is the best food for her baby. When a mother's milk isn't available, donated breast milk can nourish a baby and protect the immune system better than formula, said Jean Drulis, founder and director of the Mothers' Milk Bank of Iowa.
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