title: Recommendations for handling of mother's own milk.
abstract: Often, mothers must express their milk so it can be fed to their babies in their absence or at a later time. Research has shown that human milk is remarkably resilient as long as good food-handling techniques are used. There are some measures that can be taken to optimize both the nutritional value and the immunologic protection if the milk is to be fed to a preterm or sick infant rather than to a healthy baby who is primarily breastfeeding. Keeping milk-handling and storage instructions simple and clear can encourage a mother to provide milk for her baby when she cannot breastfeed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, School of Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA.
authors.forename: M R
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Tully
mesh_terms: D015925:Cryopreservation / Q000592:standards*; D005260:Female; D005519:Food Preservation / Q000592:standards*; D017408:Guidelines as Topic; D006801:Humans; D008895:Milk, Human