A Workable Regime for Managing Maternal Inability to Produce Adequate Volumes of Breast Milk

Abstract

This case study presents a primipara whose milk supply did not meet the needs of her baby. After a failed attempt to increase her milk through additional breastfeeding and electric breast pumping, a plan was formulated to combine breastfeeding and supplementing. This plan allowed this mother-baby couple to have a successful breastfeeding experience.

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