Milk Depot at Ochsner Lafayette General Medical Center

Before you can donate milk to the Milk Depot, you must go through the screening and approval process, which is coordinated by the Mothers’ Milk Bank of Louisiana at Ochsner Baptist. If you are already an approved donor, you may make donations at Ochsner Lafayette General Medical Center.

If you are not yet an approved donor with the Mothers’ Milk Bank of Louisiana at Ochsner Baptist but wish to become one, please call 504-703-6455 or complete the online registration form. A member of the Mothers’ Milk Bank of Louisiana at Ochsner Baptist team will follow up with you and provide next steps:

Step 1: Complete a 10- to 15-minute phone screening after the milk bank receives your registration information via telephone or the online registration form.

Step 2: Complete and return all required information sent to you by one of our donor coordinators.

Step 3: Complete the blood test ordered by the milk bank team, at no cost to you. Please wait to receive instructions from the team before getting a blood test.

Step 4: Once your paperwork and lab results are received, a donor coordinator will call you with your approval status. After you are approved, you will receive a donor ID number.

The approval process can take up to four weeks, depending on how quickly you return your paperwork and when the milk bank receives the results of your lab work and health forms completed by your healthcare provider.

Before donating at Ochsner Lafayette General Medical Center, please note:

• Drive-through drop off is available Monday-Friday, 8 a.m.-4 p.m., (excluding holidays) at the front entrance, located at 1214 Coolidge St.

• Before making a drop-off, please call Darlene Leblanc, RN, IBCLC, RLC, at 337-289-7785 to schedule a drop-off time.

• Each individual bag of milk must be clearly labeled with the date pumped.

• Frozen milk containers grouped into grocery bags should have an ID card in the bag.

You are a good candidate for milk donation if:

• You are currently or recently lactating and have surplus milk.

• You’re nursing an infant who is younger than 9 months old. Bereaved or surrogate mothers are also eligible to donate.

• You are in good overall health.

• You do not take supplements or certain medications.

• You do not smoke, use illegal drugs or drink alcohol.

• You are willing to have a blood test completed at no cost to you.

For more information on becoming a breast milk donor, please call 504-703-6455.

The milk must be collected and stored by the Milk Depot’s standard, since improper storage can lessen the quality of breast milk. Call 504-703-6455 for more information.

Milk donations can be made at:

Ochsner Lafayette General Medical Center

1214 Coolidge St.
Lafayette, LA 70503

Accepts donations Monday-Friday, 8 a.m.-4 p.m. (excluding holidays)

Phone: 337-289-7785

Ochsner Baptist Medical Center
2700 Napoleon Ave. (2nd floor Jena garage valet)
New Orleans, LA 70115
Accepts donations Monday-Friday, 7:30 a.m.-3 p.m. (excluding holidays)
Phone: 504-703-6455

For additional milk donation sites in Louisiana, please see the Mothers’ Milk Bank of Louisiana at Ochsner Baptist complete list.