Affiliation:
1. Canadian Paediatric Society, Nutrition and Gastroenterology Committee , Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Abstract
Abstract
It is well recognized that human milk is the optimal nutritive source for all infants, including those requiring intensive care. This statement reviews evidence supporting the importance of breastfeeding and human milk for infants, and why breastfeeding practices should be prioritized in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU). It also reviews how to optimally feed infants based on their stability and maturity, and how to support mothers to establish and maintain milk production when their infants are unable to feed at the breast.
Publisher
Oxford University Press (OUP)
Subject
Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health