Efficacy of Oropharyngeal Administration of Mother’s Own Milk on Time to Achieve Full Enteral Feeds in Preterm Neonates: A Randomized Control Study.

Very preterm and VLBW neonates frequently experience delayed enteral feeding due to gastrointestinal immaturity clinical instability and intolerance to early feeding resulting in prolonged parenteral nutrition central line use risk of sepsis and extended hospital stay Although oropharyngeal administration of mothers own milk MOM has been proposed as a simple non invasive strategy to promote early feeding readiness and immune protection its routine use has not yet been standardized in most Indian NICUs due to limited local evidence Therefore there is a need to evaluate the effectiveness and feasibility of this intervention in our setting