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Selling your milk

What a surplus is worth, who buys it, and everything the job actually involves – from the first honest disclosure sheet to the money landing.

A woman sitting alone at her kitchen table with a mug of tea and a bag of her milk, chin on her hand, thinking it over
Thinking of selling? Start here
The positives, the ease, and the legality – the gentle on-ramp
Flat frozen bags of milk stacked on a kitchen scale on a worktop
How much is breast milk worth?
Real prices, and the four things that move them
A woman sorting flat frozen bags of milk into piles at her kitchen table
How to sell your breast milk
The whole road, from first pump to first payout
A woman with a mug of tea at her kitchen table, looking thoughtfully at a stack of flat frozen bags of milk on a tea towel
Where to sell breast milk
Banks, sharing, today's venues – and the case for patience
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When there's no baby at home
Weaned, exclusively pumping, or lactating by choice
A woman at her kitchen table filling in a printed disclosure sheet, a mug of coffee and her phone beside her
Smoke, drink or take medication?
Why bank rules don't decide this, and what the sheet must say
A mother at her kitchen table with a cup of tea, her newborn asleep against her chest
Can you sell colostrum?
Mostly about cows, oddly priced – and your newborn's claim comes first
One woman handing a small cool bag to another at an open front door
Milk bank, sharing or selling?
What each route pays, asks, and where your milk ends up
A woman washing up at the kitchen sink with her baby asleep in a sling on her chest
The return of the wet nurse
The oldest profession of care, back on the mother's own terms

The job is smaller than most people expect: pump the way you already do, freeze flat, date every bag, write down honestly what is in your body, and choose who you will sell to. The awkward questions – medication, a glass of wine, no baby at home any more – each have a page of their own, because being talked around them is worse than being told straight.

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