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Knowledge Centre for Breastfeeding Infants with Special Needs
The Knowledge Centre gathers and systematizes knowledge and experiences on breastfeeding infants with special needs both at Rigshospitalet as well as nationally and internationally, and makes the knowledge accessible for health professionals.
In cooperation with the neonatal and pediatric wards the Knowledge Centre is developing practice and new knowledge in Rigshospitalet that care, treatment and counselling, in relation to breastfeeding infants with special needs, will be uniform, evidence based and off high quality.

There are many reasons for breastfeeding a baby, even a baby who has special needs in relation to breastfeeding: Human milk is the optimal nutrition the first 6 months of life – ill babies do also need human milk. Breastfed infants are less ill (Nielsen 2002), and a Danish study found positive associations between the duration of infant breastfeeding and intelligence in young adulthood (Mortensen 2003).
Premature infants are more physiological stable during breastfeeding than bottle feeding (Meier 1988) and they need the unique components in human milk.

 "The Milky Way" explains the breastfeeding process for premature infants. Illustrated with fotos in Mælkevejen.

 
Ragnhild Maastrup is participating in the VELB and ILCA Conference in Vienna 1. - 3. October 2008 with:
Oral presentation: ”Optimizing Breastfeeding for Infants with Limited Physical Capacity”
Poster: “Establishing a Knowledge Centre for Breastfeeding Infants with Special Needs”
Poster: “Breastfeeding Premature Infants Depend Considerably on Maternal Milk Supply”
Bibliography for ”Optimizing Breastfeeding for Infants with Limited Physical Capacity”

Ragnhild Maastrup is participating in The 1st European Conference on the Kangaroo Mother Care method 6-7 October 2008 and The 7th International Workshop on Kangaroo Mother Care 8-11 October 2008, Uppsala Sweden with
Oral presentation: Extremely premature infants reactions to skin-to-skin contact
Poster: ”Extremely premature infants reactions to skin-to-skin contact”
Poster: ”Information to parents about skin-to-skin contact in the NICU” 

ragnhild.maastrup@rh.regionh.dk