A Decision Tree for Donor Human Milk: An Example Tool to Protect, Promote, and Support Breastfeeding

• Main Authors: Shelley Brandstetter (Author), Kimberly Mansen (Author), Alessandra DeMarchis (Author), Nga Nguyen Quyhn (Author), Cyril Engmann (Author), Kiersten Israel-Ballard (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A., 2018-10-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Despite decades of breastfeeding promotion, exclusive breastfeeding rates for the first 6 months of life remain low: around 40% globally. Infants that are admitted to a neonatal ward are even less likely to be exclusively breastfed. Lactogenesis is frequently delayed in mothers that deliver early, w...