Quintuplets and a Mother's Determination to Provide Human Milk: It Takes a Village to Raise a Baby—How About Five?

This is the first published case of quintuplets who breastfeed and receive expressed mother's own milk and supplemental pasteurized donor human milk. In this case, all 5 babies receive exclusively human milk at 7 months. This result is achieved because of the mother's strong advocacy for h...

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Veröffentlicht in:Journal of human lactation 2009-02, Vol.25 (1), p.79-84
Hauptverfasser: Szucs, Kinga A., Axline, Sherry E., Rosenman, Marc B.
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:This is the first published case of quintuplets who breastfeed and receive expressed mother's own milk and supplemental pasteurized donor human milk. In this case, all 5 babies receive exclusively human milk at 7 months. This result is achieved because of the mother's strong advocacy for human milk feedings and a remarkable support system of 200 individuals drawn from family, friends, and congregation. J Hum Lact. 25(1):79-84.
ISSN:0890-3344
1552-5732
DOI:10.1177/0890334408328385