Human Milk Fortifier After Neonatal Intensive Care Unit Discharge Improves Human Milk Usage Rates for Preterm Infants

A common neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) discharge feeding strategy for preterm infants with growth failure who are fed exclusively expressed human milk (EHM) has been to enrich mother’s own milk with formula powder or supplement 2–3 feeds per day with formula. However, this strategy displaces human milk from the diet. Our NICU recently adopted the standard practice of adding commercial human milk fortifier (HMF) to human milk feedings after discharge. We aimed to compare breastfeeding rates and growth using the aforementioned 2 strategies. Preterm infants (