Donated breast milk is refrigerated after being processed at Mothers' Milk Bank of Mississippi in Flowood, Miss., Friday, Feb. 4, 2022. Credit: Eric Shelton/Mississippi Today
Francis De La Rosa of Brandon went into labor with her twins at 26 weeks pregnant in July 2021. Her son and daughter were born weighing about two pounds each, and they were immediately whisked away to the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) at Merit Health River Oaks Hospital.