Quintuplets and a mother's determination to provide human milk: it takes a village to raise a baby--how about five?
This is the first published case of quintuplets who breastfeed and receive expressed mother's own milk and supplemental pasteurized donor human milk. In this case, all 5 babies receive exclusively human milk at 7 months. This result is achieved because of the mother's strong advocacy for human milk feedings and a remarkable support system of 200 individuals drawn from family, friends, and congregation.
Szucs
Kinga A
KA
Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN 46202, USA.
Axline
Sherry E
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Rosenman
Marc B
MB
D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007227:Infant Nutritional Physiological Phenomena / Q000502:physiology*; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D017784:Milk Banks; D008895:Milk, Human; D009035:Mothers / Q000523:psychology*; D011811:Quintuplets / Q000502:physiology*; D012944:Social Support