Sustaining Breastmilk Expression and Direct Feeding at Breast for Very Low Birth Infants: A Qualitative Exploration of Parental Perspectives
ABSTRACT In Ireland, while most women express milk for their preterm very low birthweight (VLBW) infants, only a few are discharged home exclusively receiving mothers’ own milk, and even fewer are engaged in direct feeding at breast (DFAB). This is in the context of Ireland having one of the lowest breastfeeding initiation and sustenance rates […]

