Preterm infants' mothers' initiation and frequency of breast milk expression and exclusive use of mother's breast milk in neonatal intensive care units

摘要

Aims and objectivesTo describe preterm infants' mothers' expressing practices and exclusive use of mother's breast milk in neonatal intensive care settings, as well as to explore whether mothers' and infants' characteristics are predictors of the mother's inadequate expressing practices and nonexclusive use of mothers' breast milk.