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Safety and efficacy of antenatal milk expressing for women with diabetes in pregnancy: protocol for a randomised controlled trial

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posted on 2024-06-03, 18:31 authored by DA Forster, S Jacobs, LH Amir, P Davis, SP Walker, K McEgan, G Opie, SM Donath, AM Moorhead, R Ford, C McNamara, A Aylward, Lisa GoldLisa Gold
Many maternity providers recommend that women with diabetes in pregnancy express and store breast milk in late pregnancy so breast milk is available after birth, given (1) infants of these women are at increased risk of hypoglycaemia in the first 24 h of life; and (2) the delay in lactogenesis II compared with women without diabetes that increases their infant's risk of receiving infant formula. The Diabetes and Antenatal Milk Expressing (DAME) trial will establish whether advising women with diabetes in pregnancy (pre-existing or gestational) to express breast milk from 36 weeks gestation increases the proportion of infants who require admission to special or neonatal intensive care units (SCN/NICU) compared with infants of women receiving standard care. Secondary outcomes include birth gestation, breastfeeding outcomes and economic impact.

History

Journal

BMJ open

Volume

4

Article number

e006571

Pagination

1-9

Location

London, England

Open access

  • Yes

eISSN

2044-6055

Language

eng

Publication classification

C Journal article, C1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal

Copyright notice

London, England

Issue

10

Publisher

BMJ Group