Breast milk is a unique and unmatched nutritional and non-nutritive source of bioactive factors for the health and development of infants.Colostrum, which is produced in low quantities for the first 3 to 4 days after birth, is rich in immunologic components and developmental factors. Breastfeeding difficulties during the first days of life of an infant are common. Moreover, not all infants can be directly fed at the breast. Therefore, breast milk feeding at this early stage is initiated and promoted by the expression of breast milk either manually or by use of a pump. Whether the method of milk expression at this stage has a qualitative impact on colostrum is currently unknown. The purpose of this randomized controlled study is to compare the effect of manual expression with electric pump expression upon the macronutrient composition of breast milk.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Masking
SINGLE
Enrollment
50
Breast milk expression using manually or using an electric pump
Department of Neonatology, Lis Maternity Hospital, Tel Aviv medical Center
Tel Aviv, Israel
Macronutrient content of expressed breast milk
Mothers will express milk from the same breast indicated in the assigned arm. Macronutrient content will be analyzed using the Human Milk Analyzer
Time frame: 3 to 5 min
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