Udział mleka kobiecego w żywieniu noworodków urodzonych przedwcześnie

During hospitalization, 85% received maternal breast milk - 24% were given breast milk only and 61% were additionally fed with neonatal formula for preterm babies, whereas 15% infants received only the formula. At the day of discharge data on feeding ways were: 59% children received exclusive breast-feeding, 12% mixed-feeding (maternal breast milk combined with formula in a 50:50 ratio), 9% mixed-feeding with formula constituting over 50% of the total supply, and 20% were not breastfed at all. In group 2, during hospitalization, 84% were breastfed and the remaining 16% received formula. At the day of discharge the ratio was in favor of maternal breast milk: 95% of the infants received it. Additional analysis of ways of administering breast milk and formula were made. The results revealed that 19 mothers were breastfeeding, 4 used expressed breast milk, and 28 combined both methods. Additionally 29% children received formula: in 8 of them, i.e. a half of the studied cases, it constituted less than half of daily milk supply, while the remaining subjects received maternal breast milk and formula in a 1:1 ratio.