Paula Meier's research based good news finally made it, from a nursing
journal to at least one medical discipline via electronic newsletter
ObGyn World.com How great it would be, when a mom who threatened to go
into labor with an extremely premature baby, if her OB had spoken to her
even before a (hopefully) positive word from a neonatologist might help
persuade her to begin to pump colostrum/milk for her baby, even if that
was not her original intention.

Lactation program shows promise
Source: Journal of Obstetrics, Gynecologic and Neonatal Nursing 2004; 33:
164-74

Reporting the success of an evidence-based lactation program targeted at
mothers of very-low-birth-weight babies.
The provision of an evidence-based breastfeeding program for mothers with
very-low-birth-weight babies (VLBWBs) can significantly improve
breastfeeding rates in this high-risk population, researchers claim.
African-American and low-income women are more likely to bear VLBWBs and
much less likely to initiate or sustain breastfeeding than Caucasian
women or women with higher incomes.
The Mother's Milk Club at Rush University Medical Center is an
evidence-based lactation program specifically targeted at mothers with
VLBWB that provides breastfeeding support and education as well as
special services for low-income women.
To assess the effectiveness of their program, Paula Meier (Rush
University Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois, USA) and colleagues
retrospectively analyzed hospital records for 207 VLBWBs cared for at
their institution in 1997 or 1998.
The authors found that 72.9 percent of the women initiated
lactation—exceeding the national average of 64 percent of mothers in the
USA in 1998, and approaching the 75 percent breastfeeding target set out
in the US Department of Health and Human Services Healthy People 2010
report.
"I think this study shows that if you design a program that seeks to
educate new mothers of VLBWBs about the importance of their milk in
helping with optimal growth and health, you can show success with
initiating and sustaining lactation," Meier comments.
Posted: 26 March 2004

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