Another Breastfeeding Benefit - Pain Reliever for Newborns

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In the first 24 hours after birth, nearly every newborn in the United States is subjected to a painful, but routine heel prick or needle stick to screen the blood for disease or rare genetic disorders. In most cases that needle stick is administered without pain relief. But a new review of evidence suggests that breastfeeding can ease the pain of such routine newborn procedures. “The babies who were breastfed experienced less pain, compared to not giving anything, or just swaddling them or a placebo of sterile water,” said lead reviewer Prakeshkumar Shah, a neonatologist at Mount Sinai Hospital in Toronto. Shah’s team gathered data from eleven studies of more than 1,000 newborns. The trials tested the effectiveness breastfeeding and breast milk compared to sugar water or pacifier — to counter the discomfort of the babies’ first blood draw.

 

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