Altered sucking dynamics in a breastfed infant with Down syndrome: a case report

Table 1 Feeding characteristics in a breastfeeding infant with Down syndrome at 4, 10 and 24 weeks

	4 weeks	10 weeks	24 weeks	Reference range [17, 23]
24 h milk production (mL)	546	819	1150	788 ± 169
24 h breastfeed frequency	12	12	14	11 ± 1.6
Breastfeed duration (min)	11	16	14	16 (13, 23.6)
Breastfeed intake/feed (mL)
Left breast	25 (14, 54)	40 (9, 92)	72 (2, 118)	84 ± 28^a
Right breast	19 (12, 28)	32 (10, 56)	60 (16, 114)	67 ± 26^b
24 h expression frequency	6	7	0
24 h expression volume (mL)	278	392	226
24 h infant milk intake (mL)
Breastfeeding	268	427	924
Expressed milk	219	270	0
Total milk intake	487	697	924
Infant weight (g) (Birthweight = 2700 g)	3478	5006	6425

Feeding characteristics reported as mean ± standard deviation or median (min, max) for 24 h reference range, breastfeed duration and milk intake for left and right breasts. Measured values reported for the 24 h milk production, 24 h breastfeed frequency, 24 h expression frequency, 24 h expression volume and infant weight at monitored breastfeeds
^aValues for more productive breast, ^bValues for less productive breast

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