Breastfeeding Your High-Risk Newborn

Premature babies who get breastmilk develop better eyesight. They also often do better on intelligence tests as they grow older.

Your milk is best, but it's not always complete with the nutritional needs of very small premature babies or some very sick newborns.

You will have to remove milk from your breasts on a regular basis if you are to provide enough of your milk for your high-risk baby.

The benefits of breastmilk are even higher for babies who are born high-risk. Read on for helpful information on breast pumps, methods for expressing milk, freezing extra breastmilk, and more.

"Fresh breastmilk" contains the most active anti-infective properties. Refrigerated breastmilk has fewer anti-infective properties than fresh milk and frozen breastmilk has the least.

When you have a high-risk baby, you may face some challenges with milk production. Read on to learn details of what to expect, as well as helpful tips and strategies.

Learning to breastfeed effectively is a process that may take days or weeks for premature and many other high-risk babies. But you and your baby can become a breastfeeding team if you are patient and persistent.