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| lifeskim:mentions | |
| pubmed:issue |
3
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| pubmed:dateCreated |
1991-11-6
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| pubmed:abstractText |
Feeding routines in the maternity ward were investigated in 204 mother-infant pairs before and in 203 after a change towards earlier, more frequent breastfeeding and elimination of routine substitute feeds. In the intervention group, the volume of breast-milk increased, while the use of formula and sugar solution decreased correspondingly. The infants in the intervention group lost more weight during the first 2-3 days (6.4% versus 4.6%), but regained their birth weight faster than the supplemented control group. The incidence of hyperbilirubinemia was not significantly different in the two groups. No cases of hypoglycemia were diagnosed. At 6 months, 87% of the infants in the intervention group were still fed at the breast, compared with 66% in the control group. The weight curves were comparable up to 9 months, when intervention group infants were found to weigh slightly less. These follow-up results must be interpreted with some caution due to the low but comparable response rate of the two groups. Thus the intervention study demonstrated that healthy, full-term infants usually have no need for supplements to their mothers' milk provided they have had a satisfactory start in life with early and frequent feeds at the breast. The follow-up study indicated that a more "physiological" start of breastfeeding may have had a positive long term effect on the overall duration of the lactational period.
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| pubmed:language |
eng
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| pubmed:journal | |
| pubmed:citationSubset |
IM
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| pubmed:status |
MEDLINE
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| pubmed:issn |
0001-6349
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| pubmed:author | |
| pubmed:issnType |
Print
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| pubmed:volume |
70
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| pubmed:owner |
NLM
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| pubmed:authorsComplete |
Y
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| pubmed:pagination |
205-9
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| pubmed:dateRevised |
2004-11-17
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| pubmed:meshHeading | |
| pubmed:year |
1991
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| pubmed:articleTitle |
Unsupplemented breastfeeding in the maternity ward. Positive long-term effects.
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| pubmed:affiliation |
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Ullevaal Hospital, Oslo, Norway.
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| pubmed:publicationType |
Journal Article
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