Breast-feeding
Conditions
Interventions
Sponsors
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: (1) mother with breastfeeding intention before delivery; (2) planned to express breast milk; (3) maternity leave =4 months; (4) maternal age between 20 and 40 years; (5) received prenatal breastfeeding education courses provided by the hospital; (6) delivered their infants =34 weeks gestational age and birth weight =2000 g or Cesarean section (including late preterm and term, twin and singleton deliveries); (7) Apgar score (1 min) =7 Note: late preterm account for 3/4 of preterm birth who are at increased risk of neonatal mortality and morbidity i.e., jaundice, poor feeding, respiratory distress, hypoglycaemia and sepsis[J Obstet Gynecol Neonatal Nurs 2011,40:9-24; BMC pediatrics 2016,16:179].
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: (1) contraindications to breastfeeding in mother, such as active or positive of infectious diseases, mentally retarded women and those receiving drugs or agents that will be harmful to breastfeeding infants; (2) mothers who had issues with alcohol use or smoke; (3) major deformed infants who may be defect in breastfeeding; (4) contraindications to breastfeeding in infants; (5) refusal of participation in this trial
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Quantity of milking;First time of milking; | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Milking methods;Pure breastfeeding duration;Rate of pure breastfeeding; | — |
Countries
China
Contacts
Xinhua Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine