Table 3.

Participants who enquired but were told they were unable to donate (n = 218).

Reason	Strongly agree/agree
	N	%
I lived too far away from the milk bank	116	53.2
I was taking an unsuitable medication	85	38.9
My baby was too old	82	37.6
I didn't have enough milk to donate	82	37.6
My stored milk was expressed too long ago	21	9.6
Health reasons	18	8.2
My stored milk was not stored as per milk bank guidelines	14	6.4
Lifestyle reasons such as alcohol or smoking	7	3.2
I didn't have suitable storage facilities	6	2.7
I hadn't followed milk bank hygiene guidelines	4	1.8
I was told to keep my milk for my own baby as I was mixed feeding	4	1.8