Background Breastfeeding is important, however not all infants can feed at the breast and
methods of expressing milk need evaluation. Objectives To assess acceptability …

Background Expressing breast milk has become increasingly prevalent, particularly in some
developed countries. Concurrently, breast pumps have evolved to be more sophisticated …

Breastfeeding is the evolved human infant feeding norm, practiced historically and across
cultures. Over the past 200 years, breastfeeding practices have eroded, reaching a nadir in …

OBJECTIVES Primary: to compare sequential and simultaneous breast pumping on volume
of milk expressed and its fat content. Secondary: to measure the effect of breast massage on …

Background Maternal breast milk may contain less nutrients than artificial formula milk but
may confer important non‐nutrient advantages for preterm or low birth weight infants …

Background Many women express concern about their ability to produce enough milk, and
insufficient milk is frequently cited as the reason for supplementation and early termination of …

Background When sufficient maternal breast milk is not available, alternative forms of enteral
nutrition for preterm or low birth weight (LBW) infants are donor breast milk or artificial …

Background There is extensive evidence of the benefits of breastfeeding for infants and
mothers. In 2003, the World Health Organization (WHO) recommended infants be fed …

Background Breast milk is well recognised as the best food source for infants. The impact of
antenatal breastfeeding (BF) education on the duration of BF has not been evaluated …

OBJECTIVES. Our goal was to describe the prevalence of any, occasional, and regular
breast milk expression, mothers' reasons for expressing their milk, and sociodemographic …