Breast milk is the best quality and best match food for your baby. We often say that exclusive breastfeeding can meet all nutritional needs for 6 months, and babies who are exclusively breastfed do not even need to be fed water.
However, this sentence is not entirely true!
For some babies, just breastfeeding is not enough!
Which babies?
Premature baby!
Include:
Preterm infants with a birth weight of less than 1800 g;
small-for-gestational-age preterm infants who have not completed catch-up growth, premature infants with extrauterine growth retardation, and preterm infants with restricted fluid intake due to illness;
Premature babies who are left behind in early growth and development after being discharged from the hospital have seen many of them in confinement centers.
For these premature babies, breast milk alone is not enough, breast milk fortifiers are also needed!
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What is the role of breast milk fortifiers?
Breast milk fortifiers are generally fortified with macronutrients, micronutrients, and DHA, and most of the macronutrient proteins and fats are more easily digested and absorbed.
The use of breast milk fortifiers can meet your baby's nutritional needs, help him or her catch up with growth, and bring his/her development closer to that of a term baby, thereby reducing the likelihood of stunting and related adverse effects in preterm babies.
In a word, high nutrition and high energy promote premature babies to grow better!
So, it's so nutritious, can I feed my premature baby a little bit?
No, don't add it blindly!
Blind additions can have undesirable consequences!
The addition of breast milk fortifiers must be carried out under the guidance of a doctor!
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There is a breast milk fortifier, so can I add milk powder with confidence?
Because it was a premature baby, he/she couldn't suck hard, and my breast milk couldn't go up, so it was really hard to chase milk. Now that there are breast milk fortifiers, is it also good to feed milk powder?
Don't think so!
Although there are breast milk fortifiers, if you want to judge who has contributed the most, it has to be breast milk.
The breast milk of mothers of premature babies contains higher concentrations of bioactive components, including lactoferrin, secretory immunoglobulin A, which builds immunity and makes it easier for babies to "survive". These ingredients are very beneficial for babies to quickly establish intestinal nutrition, reduce infections, and reduce the occurrence of diseases such as necrotizing enterocolitis.
Therefore, breast milk for mothers of premature babies is the best choice.
If your mother is not breastfeeding enough and you happen to have a friend who is breastfeeding, you can choose breast milk from a friend.
Alternatively, if there are donors of breast milk in hospitals in our area, we can also feed them to our babies in order to obtain protection from the bioactive components in breast milk.
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The reason why it is recommended that you breastfeed is best because breast milk is amazing, it can adjust the amount and composition of nutrients according to the specific stage and needs of the baby.
For premature babies, breast milk brings these special functions into full play.
Even if we don't produce a lot of breast milk, don't give up and remove as much milk as possible to allow the body to get feedback and produce more milk.
It is important to believe that giving your premature baby more breast milk will be beneficial to her/his health. Breastfeeding is also a way that only mothers can give premature babies a way of care.
Remember~
For premature babies, whether or not you need to add breast milk fortifiers should follow your doctor's advice!
For premature infants, breast milk is still the best choice, and frequent sucking can increase milk production!
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