Guideline
Framework for Practice: Lactation and loss - Management of lactation following the death of a baby
BAPM2022published 8 March 2022
- Allied health
- Breast milk and breastfeeding
- Comfort and nursing care
- Communicating with families
- Family-integrated care
- Medical
- Nursing
- Nutrition and gastrointestinal
- Palliative and end-of-life care
Summary
This BAPM Framework for Practice guides professionals supporting mothers and families with lactation when a baby or child is not expected to survive or has died. It reviews current knowledge on lactation and loss to help parents make choices suited to their individual circumstances. Options covered include both cessation and continuation of lactation, including expressing and donation, following the death of a baby.
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