May is Blood For Moms Month

FARGO — If you haven’t figured out what you’re getting the mothers in your life for Mother’s Day, you’d better get on it — it’s this Sunday.

And there’s not a whole lot better or more appropriate gift than giving someone else the gift of life, in her name.

That’s why, for the month of May, the blood donation nonprofit Vitalant is dedicating blood donations to moms.

New moms in particular are prone to needing blood transfusions — everything from a C-section birth, to mid-pregnancy complications and more.

When you donate, you can fill out a donor card in your favorite mom’s name and honor.

And when they use your blood, you’ll get a text message telling you about the person in our region your blood, plasma or platelets went to save.

Vitalant’s Alyssa Hagedorn joined the Morning Show to talk about her own experience as a new mom who needed a lifesaving blood transfusion, and how much of a difference your blood donation can make.

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