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Yield and nutrient content of milk in eight women breast-feeding twins and one woman breast-feeding triplets

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 March 2007

L. Saint ,
P. Maggiore  and
P. E. Hartmann
L. Saint
Affiliation:
Department of Biochemistry, University of Western Australia, Nedlands 6009, Western Australia
P. Maggiore
Affiliation:
2School of Behavioural Science, Division of Health Sciences, Western Australia Institute of Technology, Perth, Western Australia
P. E. Hartmann
Affiliation:
Department of Biochemistry, University of Western Australia, Nedlands 6009, Western Australia
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1. The milk yield of eight mothers each breast-feeding twins was determined by test weighing the mothers. Milk yield was determined at 2, 3, 6, 9, and 12 months post partum; however, only one mother was studied at all these times.

2. At 6 months post partum the milk yield for individual breasts of three mothers fully breast-feeding and four mothers partially breast-feeding their infants ranged from 0.84 to 2.16 kg/24 h and 0.42 to 1.39 kg/24 h respectively. The average frequency of breast-feeding for the mothers studied at 6 months post partum was 15.4 feeds124 h.

3. The milk yield of one mother fully breast-feeding 2.5-month-old triplets was 3.08 kg/24 h and the infants were fed twenty-seven times in 24 h.

4. The concentration of lactose, protein and mixed fat in the milk from individual breasts of mothers fully breast-feeding their infants ranged from 65.6 to 82.2, 7.8 to 15.7 and 16.7 to 46.2 g/1 respectively. For the three mothers partially breast-feeding 12-month-old infants the values ranged from 54.8 to 71.8, 14.2 to 19.9 and 4.7 to 40.5 g/l respectively.

5. At 6 and 12 months of age, the proportion of the total energy intake of the infants which was derived from breast milk ranged from 64 to 100% and 6 to 13% respectively.

6. It is concluded that the maximum potential milk yield for women may be higher than the often quoted value of 70–800 m1/24 h.

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Type
Papers of direct relevance to Clinical and Human Nutrition
Information
British Journal of Nutrition , Volume 56 , Issue 1 , July 1986 , pp. 49 - 58
Copyright
Copyright © The Nutrition Society 1986

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