Breastfeeding or pumping at least 5 times daily (to assure adequate milk production)
Self-reported healthy women and infants
≥ 18 yr of age (maternal)
1-3 mo postpartum
You may not be if
Current indication of breast infection (e.g., breast pain, discomfort, lumps, mastitis with fever, red streaks, or hard red portions of the breast)
Breast pain that the woman does not consider "normal" for lactation/breastfeeding
Any antibiotics to mother or infant in the previous month (30 days)
Infant has had signs/symptoms of acute illness in the previous 7 days including the following: fever, diarrhea (≥ 3 excessively "loose" stools in a day), vomiting not associated with feeding, severe cough, rapid breathing
Clareo Health | Evolutionary and Sociocultural Aspects of Human Milk Composition
