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 ...
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Manual breast milk expression better than breast pump for poor feeders

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 ...
The Sun

Mum-of-two is urging women with babies to express milk by HAND… and this is the reason why

Francie Webb is encouraging other mums to ditch the pumping equipment and instead feed their tots manually A WOMAN has started a campaign to try to encourage other breastfeeding mums to express milk ...
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 ...
Science Daily

Manual breast milk expression better than breast pump for poor feeders, study finds

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 ...