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 ...

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 ...

July 23, 2009 — Mothers of preterm infants can avoid insufficient breast milk production by combining hand techniques with electric pumping, according to results of an observational study reported ...

Expressing may contribute to a parental focus on the measurement of breast milk. Such quantification of breast milk may undermine confidence about the adequacy of milk supply, and may be reflected in ...

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While breastfeeding has many advantages, occasionally you may feel you'd like a bit more freedom, particularly if you're planning on going back to work. Expressing your milk and putting it in a ...

Almost all the mothers (97%) assigned to manual expression were breastfeeding compared with just under 73% of those assigned to the breast pump. Most who used a breast pump at 2 months said they did ...