Breast Milk Content Expressed Manually Compared to Electric Pump
Trial Snapshot
- Phase
- Not Applicable
- Status
- Completed
- Enrollment
- 50
- Locations
- 1
- Primary Endpoint
- Macronutrient content of expressed breast milk
Study Overview
Brief Summary
Breast milk is a unique and unmatched nutritional and non-nutritive source of bioactive factors for the health and development of infants.Colostrum, which is produced in low quantities for the first 3 to 4 days after birth, is rich in immunologic components and developmental factors.
Breastfeeding difficulties during the first days of life of an infant are common. Moreover, not all infants can be directly fed at the breast.
Therefore, breast milk feeding at this early stage is initiated and promoted by the expression of breast milk either manually or by use of a pump. Whether the method of milk expression at this stage has a qualitative impact on colostrum is currently unknown.
The purpose of this randomized controlled study is to compare the effect of manual expression with electric pump expression upon the macronutrient composition of breast milk.
Study Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Allocation
- Randomized
- Intervention Model
- Parallel
- Masking
- Single (Investigator)
Eligibility Criteria
- Ages
- 18 Years to 60 Years (Adult)
- Sex
- Female
- Accepts Healthy Volunteers
- No
Inclusion Criteria
- •Healthy lactating mothers of term infants
Exclusion Criteria
- •HIV infected mothers
Arms & Interventions
Manual expression followed by electric pump
Mothers will be assigned to first express breast milk manually followed by electric pump
Intervention: Pump (Procedure)
Electric pump followed by manual expression
Mothers will be assigned to first express breast milk by electric pump followed by manual expression
Intervention: Pump (Procedure)
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
Macronutrient content of expressed breast milk
Time Frame: 3 to 5 min
Mothers will express milk from the same breast indicated in the assigned arm. Macronutrient content will be analyzed using the Human Milk Analyzer
Secondary Outcomes
No secondary outcomes reported