And by the age of 2 months, breastfeeding rates were higher among those babies whose mums first expressed their breast milk by hand than those who first used a breast pump. Almost all the mothers (97% ...

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Expressing breast milk by hand in the first days after birth is better for boosting breastfeeding rates among poorly feeding newborns than the use of a breast pump, indicates a small study. Expressing ...

A small study published online in the Archives of Disease in Childhood says that expressing breast milk by hand in the first days after birth is better for boosting breastfeeding rates among poorly ...