Children’s Hospital Colorado is looking at expanding its program to analyze and customize breastmilk after trying it with the smallest babies.
Breastmilk is particularly important for premature and low-birthweight babies because they’re at a higher risk of a potentially fatal condition called necrotizing enterocolitis, in which the intestines become inflamed and tissue can die. Formula-feeding increases that risk in more fragile babies.
Essentially, they test the milk to find out how much fat, protein and carbohydrate it contains, then make up the difference with a fortifier made from cow’s milk that’s been processed so the babies’ bodies won’t have an allergic reaction to it, said Susan Marshall, a clinical dietitian in Children’s neonatal intensive care unit.
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