Browse a variety of videos and information sheets that address questions or offer guidance on concerns NICU staff or mothers may have when providing MOM in the NICU. Examples include medication safety awareness and tips on mastitis prevention and management.
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Reference guidelines for medications and MOM feeding
Long Video
Explores NICU-specific points healthcare professionals can consider when evaluating MOM feeding for infants of mothers taking prescription medications.
Marijuana and MOM
Information Sheet
Understanding the risks marijuana use carries for preterm infant brain growth and development, and a mother’s breastmilk supply, is important as it becomes legal in more locations.
Medication safety and MOM
Information Sheet
Provides answers to fundamental questions mothers often have about the safety of MOM when they are taking prescription medications.
Preventing, recognising and treating mastitis
Information Sheet
Mastitis – what it is and why it can be common in the NICU if pumping sessions are too short or too far apart.
NICU-specific guidelines for managing mastitis
Information Sheet
Safe mastitis treatment, MOM feeding and MOM storage: each process comes with differentiated instructions for mothers of NICU infants.
Breastfeeding the NICU infant: COVID-19 advice
Information Sheet
Provides current, evidence-based guidance on breastfeeding with COVID-19, from world-leading health organisations and experts, applicable for NICU infants.
