Read anything by Kerstin Hedberg-Nyqvist, RN, PhD. In her NICU in 
Sweden, the preterm babies actually breastfeed. It takes time for them 
to work up to transferring all the milk they need (they get the rest of 
their ebm by tube), they need to be stable, and they do get fortifiers 
if they are very small and need them, but they breastfeed as early as 28 
weeks gestation. She has some wonderful stuff about cultivating feeding 
competence in preterm infants (as opposed to waiting for them to mature).

Catherine Watson Genna, IBCLC  NYC

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