BACKGROUND: The World Health Organisation (WHO) and a substantial body of literature
recommend breastfeeding from birth until at least 6months of age. The nutritional …

Donor human milk is not a new idea, with wet-nursing being a common practice for all of
recorded history. The Code of Hammurabi, written in 1770 BC, outlines punishment for wet …

Background: Human milk feeding is a well-established key of success to improve both short-
and long-term outcomes in neonates. However, human milk feeding in hospitalized …

Provision of mother's own milk is the optimal way to nourish infants, including the preterm
infant. The importance of mother's own milk during initial hospitalization to improve feeding …

The purpose of this integrative review was to uncover information regarding emotional and
other types of support required by mothers providing breast milk for infants in the neonatal …

Breastfeeding and human milk are the normative standards for infant feeding and nutrition.
Given the documented short-and long-term medical and neurodevelopmental advantages of …

Mother's own milk is widely recognized as the optimal feeding for term infants, but also
provides health benefits that are of vital importance for sick and preterm infants in neonatal …

This review aimed to identify interventions to promote breastfeeding or breast milk feeding
for infants admitted to the neonatal unit. The medical electronic databases were searched for …

This chapter addresses special needs of preterm babies and their mothers. Suitability and
benefits of human milk for preterm infants are described. A review of research-based …

Human milk banking was virtually discontinued at the start of the human immunodeficiency
virus era amid fears that the virus might be transmitted to preterm infants receiving donor …