Postdischarge Breastfeeding Outcomes of Infants With Complex Anomalies That Require Surgery

Even for the most surgically complex infant/mother dyads, breastfeeding outcomes can improve significantly with a strong prenatal lactation program, nursing staff with specific breastfeeding education, and a hospital culture that values and supports breastfeeding and the provision of human milk. These findings support the use of hospital‐grade electric breast pumps postdischarge for families of infants with complex anomalies that require surgery, as approximately one third of the cohort went home on tube feeds and their mothers continued to pump their breast milk at home.