Supplementation Practices and Donor Milk Use in US Well-Newborn Nurseries

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Guidelines encourage exclusive breastfeeding for healthy newborns but lack specificity regarding criteria for medically indicated supplementation, including type, timing, and best practices. We set out to describe practice patterns and provider perspectives regarding medically indicated supplementation of breastfeeding newborns across the United States. METHODS: From 2017 to 2018, we surveyed the Better Outcomes...