Daily Breastmilk Volume in Mothers of Very Low Birth Weight Neonates: A Repeated-Measures Randomized Trial of Hand Expression Versus Electric Breast Pump Expression

Abstract

Compared with mothers using EE, mothers using HE had significantly less cumulative daily milk production during the first 7 days postpartum. This trend continued after the intervention had been discontinued, and the great majority of expressions in both groups were with EE. Further research to confirm and expand these findings is warranted.