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Adopting lactation best practice pathways supports NICU mothers to establish lactation, at-breast feeding and most critically support NICU infants to receive their own mother’s milk for that all-important start in life.1–4
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3 Spatz DL. Getting it right – the critical window to effectively establish lactation. Infant. 2020; 16(2):58–60.
4 Meier PP. Prioritizing High-Dose Long Exposure to Mothers' Own Milk During the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit Hospitalization. Breastfeed Med. 2019; 14(S1):S20-S21.
5 Hoban R et al. Milk volume at 2 weeks predicts mother's own milk feeding at neonatal intensive care unit discharge for very low birthweight infants. Breastfeed Med. 2018; 13(2):135–141.
6 Meier PP et al. Human milk in the neonatal intensive care unit. In: Family Larsson-Rosenquist Foundation, editor. Breastfeeding and breast milk - From biochemistry to impact: A multidisciplinary introduction. 1st ed. Stuttgart: Thieme; 2018.
7 Snyder R et al. Early provision of oropharyngeal colostrum leads to sustained breast milk feedings in preterm infants. PediatrNeonatol. 2017; 58(6):534–540.
8 Kumar J et al. Oropharyngeal application of colostrum or mother's own milk in preterm infants: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Nutr Rev. 2023; 81(10):1254–1266.
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