Frequent suckling can provide enough milk for two babies. One breast, when frequently emptied, can provide enough milk for one baby.

Premature babies who can swallow but cannot suckle are given expressed breast milk in a cup or special feeding device. Sometimes, if a baby is too weak to swallow, she is given expressed breast milk through a stomach tube.

Premature babies need more proteins and breast milk is nature’s wonder food for them. The milk supply of a mother who delivers prematurely has higher protein content than a mother who delivers at full term.

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