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Breastfeeding your Premature Infant - Resources
- General breastfeeding info
- Guidelines for health care providers (also great for parents)
- Pumping, milk expression & supplementing
- Mothers' Stories
- General (not breastfeeding related)
- Helpful books and videos
General breastfeeding info
Breastfeeding your Premature Infant
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FAQ on Breastfeeding Premature Babies from LLLI
Breastfeeding Wheel: Steps to breastfeeding a premature infant from the Holden Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, University of Michigan Hospitals and Health Centers
A
Guide for Breastfeeding your Premature Baby at Home by Karin
Gracey, RNC, MSN, CNNP and Jane A. Morton, MD, from the California
Perinatal Quality Care Collaborative's Nutritional
Support of the Very Low Birth Weight Infant: Part II
Breast
Feeding Your Premature Baby (PI-166) is a patient information
handout from University Hospitals of Cleveland
Breastfeeding
your premature baby by Paula P. Meier, DNSc, RN, FAAN
Breastfeeding the High-Risk Newborn from Lucile Packard Children's Hospital
Breastfeeding the Near Term Infant by Elya Boies, MD
Breastfeeding Premature Infants Includes benefits, tips for getting started, mothers' stories and more.
Breastfeeding Premature Babies from BabyCenter.com
Kangaroo Mother Care is the website of Dr Nils Bergman. "The purpose of this site is to promote the spread and implementation of kangaroo mother care as the standard method of care for all newborn babies, both premature and full term."
Breastfeeding the Hospitalized Baby by Cyndi Egbert (not specific to to preemies)
When Baby Is Hospitalized by Tricia Jalbert (not specific to to preemies)
Guidelines for health care providers (also great for parents)
Nutritional Support of the Very Low Birth Weight Infant: Part I - Quality Improvement Toolkit (December 2008) from the California Perinatal Quality Care Collaborative. This Toolkit has many resources for both health care professionals and parents.
Recommendations for Minimizing Cytomegalovirus (CMV) Exposure in Breastmilk-Fed Very Low Birth Weight (VLBW) Preterm Infants by Nancy E. Wight MD, IBCLC, FABM, FAAP (February 2005)
Post-discharge nutrition for the breastfed former NICU infant by Nancy E. Wight, MD, FAAP, IBCLC
Breastfeeding a Preterm Infant after NICU Discharge: Reflections on Ryan's Story by Paula P. Meier, R.N., DNSc, FAAN and Linda P. Brown, RN, PHD, FAAN, from Breastfeeding Abstracts, August 1997, Volume 17, Number 1, pp. 3-4.
Guidelines for Supporting Breastfeeding for Premature Infants from Women's Hospital, Health Sciences Center, University of Manitoba
Gaining and Growing: Assuring Nutritional Care of Preterm Infants is a virtual textbook for health care providers and parents who need to understand feeding and growth in premature infants (especially those with very low birthweight, <1500 g) after hospital discharge.
Breastfeeding
the Healthy Preterm Infant </= 37 weeks is an excellent guide
for health care professionals (and useful for parents too) from
the British Colombia Reproductive Care Program
Furman L, Minich N, Hack M. Correlates of lactation in mothers of very low birth weight infants. Pediatrics. 2002 Apr;109(4):e57. This study discusses the factors that enhance long-term breastfeeding for very low birth weight babies.
Pumping, milk expression & supplementing
Expressing milk for your premature baby by Paula P. Meier, R.N., DNSc, FAAN. Here it is in PDF format (nice for printing; pages 13-14 only).
Pumping milk for a preterm infant by Nancy E. Wight MD, FAAP, IBCLC
Establishing and maintaining
milk supply when baby is not nursing @
Pumping & Bottle Feeding Info
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Transitioning baby from
formula feeding to breastfeeding @
Mothers' Stories
Breastfeeding Premature Infants. From La Leche League: true stories of mothers' experiences breastfeeding premature infants.
The Premature Infant - A Mother's Perspective by Lenore Goldfarb
Born Too Soon... by Kim Ewell. A mother's story.
General (not breastfeeding related)
T-Bone's Survival Tips for New Preemie Parents. Suggestions to help parents, family and friends cope with the birth of a premature baby.
Developmental Milestones for Premature Infants by Maureen Mulligan LaRossa, RN
Beyond Infancy: The Older Premature Child from the Emory Developmental Progress Clinic
AAFP Recommendations for Follow-up of the Premature Infant
Parents of Premature Babies (Preemie-L). A mailing list for parents with children born six weeks or more before due date, and family and friends. Information on joining the mailing list, plus links to additional resources on preemies.
Early Edition newsletter, a collection of wisdom and discussions from the on-line support network Preemie-L
Preemie Parent Connection, a newsletter for families raising prematurely born children
Helpful books and videos
Recommended books on
premature babies @
Reviews of books about breastfeeding premature babies from LLL
BreastmilkSolutions offers two excellent videos: "A Premie Needs His Mother: First Steps to Breastfeeding your Premature Baby" and "Breastfeeding: A Guide to Getting Started"
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04/02/2010