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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

July 23, 2009 — Mothers of preterm infants can avoid insufficient breast milk production by combining hand techniques with electric pumping, according to results of an observational study reported ...

Expressing breast milk by hand in the first days after birth is better for boosting breastfeeding rates among poorly feeding newborns than the use of a breast pump, indicates a small study published ...

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, ...

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 ...

Expressing breast milk by hand in the first days after birth is better for boosting breastfeeding rates among poorly feeding newborns than the use of a breast pump, indicates a small study. Expressing ...