Human milk bank sees boost in breast milk donation

FOR 15 days from when Vianna was born on March 17, her mother, Vivienne Low, 35, could only touch the infant’s tiny hands and watch her fight for her life through the clear glass panes of the incubator in the neonatal intensive care unit at KK Women’s and Children’s Hospital (KKH).

Born 10 weeks early and a fourth of the weight of a regular baby – at just 758g – she pulled through, thanks in part to a rich supply of breast milk from her mother.