Milk nutrition and practical support for NICU families
Abstracts
Abstracts
For a premature baby in the NICU, nutrition and the practicalities of providing milk are closely connected.
In “Human Breastmilk Fat Improves Growth in Premature Infants,” I discuss research from Texas Children’s Hospital on human milk fat and growth. The article also highlights breastfeeding and donor milk, while emphasizing pumping and proper milk storage for mothers whose babies are in the NICU.
That practical detail matters in lactation support: a discussion about nutrition also needs to account for how milk is expressed and stored.