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7472236

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
1981-5-21
pubmed:abstractText
Patterns of milk flow were studied in 50 mothers who were breast-feeding normal birth-weight babies on days 5-7 of the puerperium by progressive test weighing at 5-min intervals during two consecutive feeds. Compared with a regime in which mothers attempted to feed for 10 X 10 min on alternate breasts, a regime of 5 X 5 X 5 X 5 min increased the amount of milk taken in the first 10 min did not influence the final milk intake of the suckling-induced prolactin release. The wide variation of breast-feeding patterns between mothers was demonstrated in respect of the duration of the feed (mean 17.3 min; S.D. +/- 3.1; range 7-30 min), the initial rate of milk flow (mean 6 g/min; S.D. +/- 4.2, range 1-14 g/min) and the final milk intake (mean 70.9 g; S.D. +/- 20.5, range 42-125 g). The advice to breast-feed for 20 min was in appropriate for the majority of mothers because the nutritive feeding time was 15 min or less in 75% of the feeding episodes. The milk intake correlated with the initial rate of milk flow but not with the duration of the feed, the infant's birth weight, or the time since the last feed. It is suggested that the duration of a breast feed should be determined by the infant's response and not by an arbitrary time schedule.
pubmed:keyword
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Feb
pubmed:issn
0378-3782
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
5
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
71-7
pubmed:dateRevised
2008-11-21
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1981
pubmed:articleTitle
How long should a breast feed last?
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article