Nature

Combining hand techniques with electric pumping increases the caloric content of milk in mothers of preterm infants

We previously reported that preterm mothers’ milk production can exceed levels of term mothers by using early hand expression and hands-on pumping (HOP) with the highest production (955 ml per day) in ...
Healthline

Hand Expressing: How and When To Use It

Breastfeeding is supposed to be natural, right? Between all the pump parts, bottle parts, nursing covers, nursing pillows, nipple shields, and nipple creams you’ve amassed you may have started to ...
Nature

Combining hand techniques with electric pumping increases milk production in mothers of preterm infants

Pump-dependent mothers of preterm infants commonly experience insufficient production. We observed additional milk could be expressed following pumping using hand techniques. We explored the effect on ...
EurekAlert!

Manual breast milk expression better than breast pump for poor feeders

And by the age of 2 months, breastfeeding rates were higher among those babies whose mums first expressed their breast milk by hand than those who first used a breast pump. Almost all the mothers (97% ...
Medscape

Hand Expression of Breast Milk Allows Longer Breast-Feeding

July 27, 2011 — Hand expression vs breast pumping in the early postpartum period may allow longer breast-feeding, according to the results of a randomized controlled trial reported online July 11 in ...
BMJ

Impact of mother’s own milk expression practices and processing treatments on infant health and growth outcomes: a systematic review protocol

Introduction Breastfeeding is the biological norm for infant nutrition. In certain scenarios, feeding at the breast is not possible, because of either maternal or neonatal reasons. In those cases, ...