July 27, 2011 — Hand expression vs breast pumping in the early postpartum period may allow longer breast-feeding, according to the results of a randomized controlled trial reported online July 11 in ...

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 ...

Knowing how to hand-express milk isn’t just a solid backup plan when it comes to feeding your bub. If your baby is having trouble latching or has to spend time in the NICU (neonatal intensive care ...

Pump-dependent mothers of preterm infants commonly experience insufficient production. We observed additional milk could be expressed following pumping using hand techniques. We explored the effect on ...

Breast-feeding may be natural but that doesn’t mean it comes easily to every new mom. A new study in the August edition of the journal Obstetrics & Gynecology finds that women who struggle to ...