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Breastfeeding your premature baby
Caring for and learning to breastfeed your premature baby can be an emotional journey. Once home, you and your baby will continue to build on the feeding skills you learnt while in hospital.
HealthInfo recommends the following pages
- Canterbury DHB – Breastfeeding your premature baby at home
This factsheet has advice about breastfeeding your premature baby after you've gone home, and how to ensure you're making enough milk.
- UNICEF – You and your baby: Supporting love and nurture on the neonatal unit
The link downloads a 16-page PDF with more detailed information and advice on how to successfully breastfeed a premature baby, including while your baby is still in hospital.
Written by HealthInfo clinical advisers. Endorsed by Canterbury Breastfeeding Advocacy coordinator. Last reviewed February 2018.
Review key: HIBRF-24381
