The present invention relates to nutritional compositions for mothers and methods for birth and post-partum outcomes for infants of those mothers. More particularly, the general inventive concepts relate to the administration of a nutritional composition to a mother to increase birth size, to increase infant growth and to promote exclusive breastfeeding of the infant by the mother. The inventive concepts also relate to the administration of a nutritional composition to a nutritionally-compromised mother to increase breast milk production in the mother.
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