Fat and energy contents of
expressed human breast milk in prolonged lactation.
Not exact matches
Compared with infants fed at the
breast only, infants fed only by bottle gained 71 or 89 g more per month when fed nonhuman
milk only (P <.001) or
expressed human milk only (P =.02), but they gained only 37 g more per month when fed both
expressed human milk and nonhuman
milk (P =.08).
«For those few health situations where infants can not, or should not, be breastfed, the choice of the best alternative -
expressed breast milk from an infant's own mother, breastmilk from a healthy wet - nurse or
human -
milk bank, or a
breast -
milk substitute fed with a cup...» [3]
More specifically, «While
expressed breast milk is recognized as far superior to infant formula, the lactation community has begun to question whether [it] confers similar protection to that derived by directly breastfeeding,» according to Donna Chapman, writing in the Journal of
Human Lactation.
expressed breast milk from an infant's own mother,
breast milk from a healthy wet - nurse or a
human -
milk bank, or a breastmilk substitute...» in that order.
It may seem weird to give
expressed human milk in a bottle (or spoon / cup), but it is really the second best option after giving breastmilk directly from the
breast.
It is important to recognize true medical indications of supplementary feedings as well as the preferred choice and volumes of supplement, which are appropriately outlined in this protocol, re-emphasizing that, while there is a time and place for formula use, a mother's own
expressed milk or donated
human milk in volumes that mimic normal breastfeeding physiology are preferable to
breast milk substitutes.
Naturally occurring chemicals called nucleotides that have previously been linked to sleepiness only reach their highest concentrations in
human breast milk that is
expressed at night.