Elisabeth Anderson-Sierra is a mother of two but she has nourished thousands of children, even helping to save the lives of premature babies. She holds the world record for the largest donation of breast milk by an individual, which is an astonishing 1,599.68 litre. The woman from Aloha, Oregon, USA, made the donation to a milk bank between February 20, 2015, and June 20, 2018. The Guinness World Records posted her video on Instagram Friday and it has received more than 1.6 million views. “Over the last nine years, I estimate my total donation numbers to be over 3,50,000 ounces. I would not wish this condition on my worst enemy. It is not fun. How many individual babies have benefitted from my milk, that is impossible to know,” she says in the video. Showing bottles filled with breast milk, she says she starts producing milk after every few minutes. Over the last nine years, she has donated to local families and recipients worldwide. She donates to recipients who have been labelled as “failure to thrive”, the Guinness World Records website states. She has hyperlactation syndrome, a condition where breast milk overflow occurs because of increased milk production. “My body creates a lot of the hormone called prolactin and that is what drives milk production,” she is quoted as saying. “I am really hopeful that breaking this record and sharing my story will normalize milk sharing,” she adds. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Guinness World Records (@guinnessworldrecords) “This is amazing! What a wonderful gift for so many precious babies,” commented a user. “What a Blessing to Serve the world in this way!! RESPECT,” said another. “Wow breastfeeding is so hard! Pumping is so hard too! My heart goes out to and much respect that u get to donate milk and make other babies benefit out of this! Thank you,” another netizen wrote.
