Late Preterm Infants: Steps to Success

“His tummy's only tiny” – Scientific feeding advice versus women's knowledge. Women's experiences of feeding their late preterm babies

“…Within the context of LPBs, at least initially, it appears that breast is best only for babies (Friedman 2009). Similarly, medically prescribed feeding regimes appear to benefit LPBs (Ludwig 2007;Cleveland 2010;Munson et al 2011), but strict feeding schedules and 'top-ups' work against successful physiological breastfeeding and by undermining women's confidence (McCarter-Spaulding 2008).…”