{"title":"Early Milk Expression for Mothers of Premature Infants and Its Impact on Milk Volumes.","authors":"Elisheva Rosner, Eleanor Hall, Marianne Garland","doi":"10.1097/NCQ.0000000000000889","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Early breast milk expression helps establish lactation and increase milk production.</p><p><strong>Local problem: </strong>In mothers of infants admitted to this neonatal intensive care unit (NICU), 63% met target milk volumes on day 7 and 43% on day 14 postpartum.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>A pre/post quasi-experimental design was used.</p><p><strong>Interventions: </strong>Breast milk expression was initiated within 6 hours of delivery.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>A total of 69 mothers were included (34 baseline; 35 post-implementation). Time to first milk expression decreased from 9.21 to 7.97 hours, P = .381. Milk volumes increased by 16.9% on day 7 (402.29 mL to 470.11 mL, P = .358) and 5.18% at 14 days postpartum (618.15 mL to 650.17 mL, P = .778).</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Initiation of milk expression within 6 hours of delivery may positively impact milk production among mothers of premature infants.</p>","PeriodicalId":16931,"journal":{"name":"Journal of nursing care quality","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.7000,"publicationDate":"2025-06-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Journal of nursing care quality","FirstCategoryId":"3","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1097/NCQ.0000000000000889","RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q3","JCRName":"NURSING","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
Background: Early breast milk expression helps establish lactation and increase milk production.
Local problem: In mothers of infants admitted to this neonatal intensive care unit (NICU), 63% met target milk volumes on day 7 and 43% on day 14 postpartum.
Methods: A pre/post quasi-experimental design was used.
Interventions: Breast milk expression was initiated within 6 hours of delivery.
Results: A total of 69 mothers were included (34 baseline; 35 post-implementation). Time to first milk expression decreased from 9.21 to 7.97 hours, P = .381. Milk volumes increased by 16.9% on day 7 (402.29 mL to 470.11 mL, P = .358) and 5.18% at 14 days postpartum (618.15 mL to 650.17 mL, P = .778).
Conclusions: Initiation of milk expression within 6 hours of delivery may positively impact milk production among mothers of premature infants.
期刊介绍：
Journal of Nursing Care Quality (JNCQ) is a peer-reviewed journal that provides practicing nurses as well as nurses who have leadership roles in nursing care quality programs with useful information regarding the application of quality principles and concepts in the practice setting. The journal offers a forum for the scholarly discussion of “real world” implementation of quality activities.
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