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Question: Among breastfeeding mothers whose infants are latching or sucking poorly at 12 to 36 hours after birth, is a 15-minute intervention of bilateral electric pumping or hand expression more effective in increasing milk transfer, breastfeeding confidence, and breastfeeding rates?
Question type: Intervention
Study design: Randomized controlled
Researchers at the University of California, San Francisco sought to compare the effect of breast pumping versus hand expression for mothers whose newborns were not latching or sucking well at 12 to 36 hours after birth. Poor latch and/or suck were determined by maternal interview. The 68 mothers were randomly assigned, using block randomization stratified by site and delivery method, to one supervised session which involved teaching followed by 15 minutes of either bilateral …
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