This is the slide in my preemie lecture that leaves tham with their mouths
open!!

  

The development of preterm infants' breastfeeding behavior.

Nyqvist KH, Sjoden PO, Ewald U  University Children's Hospital,  Uppsala,
Sweden.                                   

Early Hum Dev 1999 Jul;55(3):247-64

Breastfeeding behavior of  71 premature infants (26.7-35.9 gestational weeks
) was studied.  

Breastfeeding was initiated at a postmenstrual age (PMA) of 27.9-35.9 weeks.

Observation results:

·       Regardless of PMA, rooting and sucking behavior was observed upon
first contact with the breast.

·       28 weeks: Efficient rooting, areolar grasp and latching on were
observed

·       32 weeks: repeated bursts of > or = 10 sucks and maximum bursts of >
or = 30 sucks

·       from 30.6 weeks: Nutritive sucking appeared

·        57 infants established full breastfeeding at a mean PMA of 36.0
weeks (33.4-40.0 weeks).

Recommendations: Guidelines for initiation of breastfeeding in preterm
infants should be based on  cardiorespiratory stability, irrespective of
current maturity, age or weight.<



There is also a nice transparency from the UNICEF series.  

Hope this helps.  



Esther Grunis, IBCLC

Lis Maternity Hospital

Tel Aviv, Israel

http://community.walla.co.il/breastfeeding





 
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