India, June 6 -- When singer Jankee Parekh, wife of actor Nakuul Mehta, recently shared that she donated 90 packets of her stored breast milk to a milk bank, she wasn't prepared for how emotional it would feel. She wrote, "Bag after bag. Labelling, storing, making space. and a part of me always felt maybe my baby would need it someday." While her baby grew and started eating solid food, she decided to donate the milk to the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) babies.

She's not alone. Badminton player Jwala Gutta also shared that she donated nearly 60 litres. Even Serena Williams had mentioned that she anonymously donated her surplus breastmilk stash during a trip. But beyond the headlines, experts say the need is urgent and very real.

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