NY1 VIDEO: As knowledge of the benefits of breast feeding grows, the rates of babies being fed human milk continue to rise across the country. But it's the sickest babies that benefit from breast milk the most, whose mothers are often unable to produce it. Now, as demand grows, a milk bank serving the Northeast is working to get more city moms on board.

NYC Hospitals working with Mothers' Milk Bank Northeast NICU Donor Milk Program: Lenox Hill, NY Presbyterian Columbia, NYU Langone, Bellevue, Queens Hospital, Maimonides Medical Center, and Kings County Hospital.