Table 1 Study characteristics (n = 20)
From: Evaluating antenatal breastmilk expression outcomes: a scoping review
Author (year of publication), Country of origin | Study objective(s) | Study design | Study setting | Sample size | Study population | Timing of aBME |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Blaikley et al. (1953) [44] United Kingdom | Breast-feeding: factors affecting success A report of a trial of the Woolwich methods in a group of primiparae. | Interventional study | Hospital lying-in ward | n = 222 | Pregnant women | After 32–33 weeks’ gestation |
Brisbane et al. (2015) [34] Australia | To discuss the qualitative outcomes of women who attended a prenatal care clinic at 37 weeks’ gestation which supports the antenatal expression of colostrum. | Descriptive study - Qualitative study and/or survey | Antenatal breastfeeding clinic | n = 57 | Pregnant women | After 37 weeks’ gestation |
Brown et al. (1975) [47] United States | Preparation of the breast for breastfeeding. | Interventional study – randomized prospective cohort | Hospital in Colorado | n = 57 | Pregnant women | 3 weeks prior to expected delivery |
Casey et al. (2019) [36] Australia | To compare rates of neonatal hypoglycaemia in babies born to mothers who express and store antenatal colostrum to babies born to mothers who do not. | Observational study - Retrospective cohort | Regional public hospital | n = 303 | Pregnant women with diabetes | Between 34 and 36 weeks’ gestation |
Casey et al. (2019) [35] Australia | To explore the perspectives and experiences of women who have had diabetes in pregnancy and were encouraged to collect and store colostrum in the antenatal period. | Descriptive study - Qualitative study and/or survey | Regional public hospital | n = 6 | Pregnant women with diabetes | Not defined |
Clay (2005) [43] United Kingdom | To provide an example of a collaborative partnership approach between a multidisciplinary team in a joint antenatal diabetes clinic and a mother with type 1 diabetes to help her experience the harvesting of colostrum in the antenatal period and enable a positive breast-feeding outcome for her newborn daughter. | Descriptive study - Case study | Antenatal diabetes clinic | n = 1 | Pregnant woman with type 1 diabetes | After 36 weeks’ gestation |
Demirci et al. (2018) [38] United States | To report on maternal experiences and breastfeeding outcomes in mothers with a hypertensive disorder of pregnancy who engaged in aBME. | Descriptive study - Case series | Hospital-based midwife practice | n = 4 | Pregnant women with hypertension | Beginning ‘around’ 37 weeks’ gestation |
Demirci et al. (2019) [37] United States | To examine the experiences of first-time mothers in the United States who participated in a pilot study of aBME. | Descriptive study - Qualitative study and/or survey | Hospital-based midwife practice | n = 19 | Pregnant women | After 37 weeks’ gestation |
Fair et al. (2018) [39] United Kingdom | To assess women’s knowledge, practices, and opinions of aBME as well as any differences within the overweight and obese subgroups. | Descriptive study - Qualitative study and/or survey | Online recruitment through a maternity service user and Facebook parenting group | n = 688 | Women who are pregnant or who have given birth | Between 34 and 36 weeks' gestation |
Forster et al. (2011) [13] Australia | To determine the feasibility and begin assessing the safety and efficacy of conducting a randomised control trial to evaluate antenatal breastmilk expression in mothers with diabetes. | Interventional study - Pilot study | Public, tertiary, women’s hospital | n = 43 | Pregnant women with diabetes | After 36 weeks’ gestation |
Forster et al. (2017) [21] Australia | To determine the safety and efficacy of aBME in women with diabetes in pregnancy. | Interventional study - Randomised controlled trial | Multi-center study across six hospitals | n = 632 | Pregnant women with diabetes | After 36 weeks’ gestation |
Ingelman-Sundberg (1958) [46] Sweden | To study the advantages of antenatal nipple message and expression of colostrum in pregnant women. | Observational study - Prospective cohort | Private lying-in ward | n = 656 | Pregnant women | After 20 weeks’ gestation |
Lamba et al. (2016) [40] India | To study the effect of aBME at term pregnancy and subsequent effect on postnatal lactation performance. | Interventional study | Tertiary care hospital | n = 200 | Pregnant women | After 37 weeks’ gestation |
O’Sullivan et al. (2019) [24] Australia | To determine whether an online instructional video can improve knowledge and confidence around the antenatal expression of colostrum. | Interventional study - before/after comparison | Online recruitment through social media via university and research institutions, infant and mother organizations, and personal contacts | n = 95 | Pregnant women | Not defined |
Rietveld (2011) [42] New Zealand | To determine if pregnant woman with Type 1, Type 2 or gestational diabetes mellitus can effectively achieve antenatal colostrum harvesting and banking. To assess the feasibility of mothers and core midwifery staff using banked colostrum as part of the care of hypoglycaemic babies in the hospital setting. | Interventional study - Pilot study | Antenatal diabetic outpatient clinic | n = 10 | Pregnant women with diabetes | After 34 weeks’ gestation |
Singh et al. (2009) [16] India | To study the effect of aBME at term in reducing breast feeding failure compared to conventional method of breastfeeding initiation. | Interventional study | Not stated | n = 180 | Pregnant women | After 37 weeks’ gestation |
Soltani et al. (2012) [20] United Kingdom | To examine the adoption of aBME as an intervention and investigate its relationship to birth outcomes among mothers with diabetes. | Observational study - Retrospective cohort | National health service trust | n = 85 | Pregnant women with diabetes | After 36 weeks’ gestation |
Uikey et al. (2017) [41] India | To study the effect of aBME in improving lactational performance. | Interventional study | Tertiary care center | n = 200 | Pregnant women | After 37 weeks’ gestation |
Waller (1946) [45] United Kingdom | The early failure of breastfeeding: A clinical study of its cause and their prevention. | Interventional study | Hospital lying-in ward | n = 200 | Pregnant women | Last 3 months of pregnancy |
Weinel et al. (2019) [33] Australia | To support mothers who had pre-existing or gestational diabetes, and who were on more than 20 units of insulin per day, to express colostrum in the antenatal period at 36 weeks’ gestation and to promote breastfeeding. | Quality improvement study | Diabetic antenatal care education clinic | n = 207 | Pregnant women with diabetes | After 36 weeks’ gestation |