Last month, the American Academy of Pediatrics issued a recommendation that premature infants should be fed with either a mother’s or a donor’s breast milk. Human milk is generally the most preferable form of nutrition for pre-term and medically fragile babies. Not all mothers are able to produce enough milk to nourish their babies, and ... read more »
As parents of a preemie ourselves (he was born at 32 weeks), a recent study has done nothing to reduce our already irrational hand wringing and paranoia. The study, published in the Journal of the American Medical Association, shows that besides the obvious risks premature babies face when they are born, they may have health ... read more »
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