How Breast Milk Donation Saves Babies' Lives

Youse points out that there's no shortage of moms who want to help babies who need breast milk. Indeed, the project's next shipment of 55,000 ounces of U.S. donor breast milk is scheduled to depart from Monrovia, Calif., to Durban, South Africa in early October.

Isabella was born premature and weighed one pound, 2/3 ounces on Jan. 9, 2008.

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"It's unbelievable, the number of moms who just Google 'donate breast milk' or something," she said. "There aren't a lot of public campaigns, but moms have found out about opportunities to donate."

Today, all of Isabella's milk comes from donating mothers. And she's thriving.

"Knowing that this milk came from people across the country; I wish it were her mother's but that's the next best option," the baby's father said.

He says he feels humbled that people are producing milk for her -- something he can't do to nourish his baby but other mothers can.

Susie Banikarim and Jung Hwa Song contributed to this report.