Expressing milk when your baby is in the neonatal unit

When babies are born sick or early, they might not be able to drink milk from the breast (or a bottle)

Your milk is very good for your sick or premature baby, it helps to protect them against infection and is good for their brain

Lots of parents find it hard to express milk (get milk out of the breasts) when their baby is sick or premature

This set of information cards is designed to give you simple advice on how to express milk

Each card has two pages. The first page has information and tips. The second page tells you about the evidence (research) for the advice, if you are interested in this

The information in these cards was gathered as part of a PhD (degree) by neonatal doctor, Ilana Levene, at the National Perinatal Epidemiology Unit at the University of Oxford. The work was funded by the NIHR. The cards have been approved by the Neonatal Nurses Association (NNA)

This electronic set of cards is kindly hosted by the Hospital Infant Feeding Network