Raleigh Milk Bank An Option For Mothers (WXII12.com)

RALEIGH, N.C. -- Breast milk is called "liquid gold" by mothers who say it's the best first gift you can give your child.

But what about the mothers who can't produce milk or who adopt a child? They have another option -- buying breast milk -- and there's only one place in North Carolina that provides it.

Wake Med's Mothers Milk Bank in Raleigh receives coolers full of breast milk donated by women from all over the county.

"It's donation only. We don't pay our donors," said Margie Mould, a certified lactation consultant at the bank. "Just like the donation of blood."

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