“The benefits of breastfeeding (BF) are universally acknowledged. Breastmilk has nutritional, gastrointestinal, anti-infective, psychological, and long term benefits for intellectual development of the infant. Breastfeeding is one of the most cost-effective measures to reduce neonatal morbidity and mortality in preterm infants.

“In this pilot study, short term benefit in the form of significantly increased milk volumes during individual power pumping session was observed. However, power pumping
for 1 wk did not show a statistically significant improvement in the exclusive breastfeeding rates at discharge in mothers of VLBW infants with low milk output compared to routine
pumping.”

Kalathingal, T., et al (2023). Comparison of two pumping strategies to improve exclusive breastfeeding at discharge in mothers of VLBW infants with low milk output-a pilot randomized controlled trial. Indian Journal of Pediatrics, 1-7.