Not exact matches
After all, they biologically expect to breastfeed and the fat content of our
human milk is much lower than in other mammals, meaning our babies need to
feed frequently to simply stay alive and grow.
We found, however, that the benefit of
human milk feedings persisted even
after accounting for such confounders.
Rates of respiratory distress syndrome, surfactant administration, bronchopulmonary dysplasia, patent ductus arteriosus, intraventricular hemorrhage (grades 3 or 4) and seizures (
after 24 hours of life) were also similar between
human milk and formula -
fed infants.
After feeding Annie, Beecher donates her extra supply to the
human milk bank at Texas Children's Hospital.