Pregnancy gestation at delivery and breast milk production: a secondary analysis from the EMPOWER trial

Pregnancy gestation at delivery and breast milk production: a secondary analysis from the EMPOWER trial

Abstract Background Preterm birth alters the normal sequence of lactogenesis. Lactogenesis I may not yet have started when mothers of very preterm infants (≤ 29 weeks gestation) have given birth. Preterm infants are too small or too ill to initiate suckling in the immediate postpartum period thus al...

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Main Authors: Elizabeth V. Asztalos, Alex Kiss, Orlando P. da Silva, Marsha Campbell-Yeo, Shinya Ito, David Knoppert, EMPOWER Study Collaborative Group
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-11-01
Series:Maternal Health, Neonatology and Perinatology
Subjects:
Breast milk production
Domperidone
Mothers of preterm infants
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40748-018-0089-x

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