A Case Report of Breastfeeding Quadruplets: Factors Perceived as Affecting Breastfeeding

Journal of Human Lactation

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 135-141

  Auer, Chris ^a   Gromada, Karen Kerkhoff ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Breastfeeding Answer Center

^c UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

Author keywords

Breastfeeding support; Higher order multiples; Maternal pacing; Preterm infants; Quadruplets

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BREAST FEEDING; CASE REPORT; CONSULTATION; EDUCATION; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; MOTHER; MULTIPLE PREGNANCY; NEWBORN; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; PREMATURITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

ADULT; BREAST FEEDING; CONSULTANTS; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; MOTHERS; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; QUADRUPLETS; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 0032084570     PISSN: 08903344     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/089033449801400213     Document Type: Article

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