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 ...
Europe PMC

Teaching antenatal hand expression: a feasibility study in an inner urban U.S. hospital.

Many women have low confidence in breastfeeding and have concerns regarding low milk volume or discomfort with breastfeeding. Antenatal hand expression may be an opportunity to help women feel more ...
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 ...