Donor milk banking and breastfeeding in Norway.
Milk banks in Norway have a long tradition of using raw milk. This is a practice the authors hope to continue as they see it as the best choice until a child's own mothers' milk production is sufficient. Not only will the premature babies benefit from having milk from the bank, but if a mother, for any reason, can not supply her baby while it's in the hospital her baby should be offered milk from a bank. In Norway, with a high breastfeeding rate this can be done at many hospitals.
Department of Pediatrics, Rikshospitalet University Hospital, Oslo, Norway. anne.hagen.grovslien@rikshospitalet.no
Anne Hagen
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Grøvslien
Morten
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Grønn
D001942:Breast Feeding; D005260:Female; D006291:Health Policy; D006293:Health Promotion; D006801:Humans; D007227:Infant Nutritional Physiological Phenomena / Q000502:physiology*; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007234:Infant, Premature; D017784:Milk Banks / Q000592:standards*; D008895:Milk, Human / Q000737:chemistry / Q000502:physiology*; D009664:Norway