This study evaluates the effects of providing breastfeeding mothers with Gentle-UHT donor human milk (GHM) after discharge to bridge the gap during delayed onset lactation, to support an exclusive human milk diet and continued breastfeeding through the infant's first week of life. The investigators aim to determine the safety of GHM, and if GHM provided to breastfeeding mothers of outpatient babies with early weight loss will ensure babies adequately gain weight according to age-matched controls.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
NA
Purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
31
Providers referred mothers with newborns that fit the following criteria: exhibited insufficient milk supply, an infant with early weight loss born \>36 weeks gestation. Mother was given Gentle-UHT donor milk for supplementation, in addition to mother's own milk for the first week of the infant's life after hospital discharge.
LactaLogics, Inc.
Port Saint Lucie, Florida, United States
Weight gain
Average weights compared to WHO data
Time frame: 8-9 days of life
Exclusive human milk diet
Rates of infants still on an exclusive human milk diet
Time frame: 8-9 days of life
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