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PMID: 7472236 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
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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. |
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Authors:
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P W Howie; M J Houston; A Cook; L Smart; T McArdle; A S McNeilly |
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Type: Journal Article |
Journal Detail:
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Title: Early human development Volume: 5 ISSN: 0378-3782 ISO Abbreviation: Early Hum. Dev. Publication Date: 1981 Feb |
Date Detail:
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Created Date: 1981-05-21 Completed Date: 1981-05-21 Revised Date: 2008-11-21 |
Medline Journal Info:
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Nlm Unique ID: 7708381 Medline TA: Early Hum Dev Country: NETHERLANDS |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 71-7 Citation Subset: IM; J |
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Body Weight Breast Feeding* Female Humans Infant Nutritional Physiological Phenomena Infant, Newborn Milk, Human / secretion* Prolactin / secretion Time Factors |
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9002-62-4/Prolactin |
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