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The Baby Friendly Initiative | Research | Randomised trial compares hand expression with breast pumping

unicef.org.uk

An American study of 68 mothers of newborns 12-36 hours old who were latching or sucking poorly were randomly assigned to either 15 minutes of bilateral electric pumping or 15 minutes of hand expression.

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Tags: Children's Health, Women's Health, Relationship

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Women who did hand expression continued #breastfeeding for a longer period than those randomly assigned to a breast pump: http://ow.ly/5Dgtj

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