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AAP Grand Rounds 12:35 (2004)
© 2004 American Academy of Pediatrics

RESIDENTS

Effect of Breast Massage on Milk Composition

Source: Foda MI, Kawashima T, Nakamura S, et al. Composition of milk obtained from unmassaged versus massaged breasts of lactating mothers. J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr. 2004;38:484–487.[Medline]

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A technique of breast massage developed by midwife Sotomi Oketani is reported to increase the quality of breast milk for infants. 1 To determine the effect of the Oketani method of breast massage on breast milk composition, researchers from Egypt and Japan studied 39 healthy, exclusively breastfeeding mothers at 2 different periods of lactation (1–90 days and 91–320 days after parturition). Breast milk samples . . . [Full Text of this Article]

Dean R. Focht, III, MD, FAAP
Pediatric Gastroenterology Fellow, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH