The 3 M's of Breast-feeding the Preterm Infant
- 1 July 2007
- journal article
- review article
- Published by Wolters Kluwer Health in Journal of Perinatal & Neonatal Nursing
- Vol. 21 (3) , 234-239
Abstract
Mother's own milk is considered best for preterm infants. Given the often protracted period between birth and breast-feeding for most preterm newborns, a number of challenges exist for mothers and neonatal intensive care unit nurses in establishing lactation, providing mother's own milk, and achieving breast-feeding. This article conceptualizes breast-feeding the preterm infant in the context of the neonatal intensive care unit as a 3-phase process, the 3 M's of breast-feeding: medication, mother's milk feedings, and the mechanics of breast-feeding.Keywords
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