Provision of mother’s own milk for hospitalized very low birth weight (VLBW) (≤1500 g) infants in the NICU provides short- and long-term health benefits. Mother’s own milk, appropriately fortified, is the optimal nutrition source for VLBW infants. Every mother should receive information about the critical importance of mother's own milk to the health of a VLBW infant. Pasteurized human donor milk is recommended when mother’s own milk is not available or sufficient. Neonatal health care providers can support lactation in the NICU and potentially reduce disparities in the provision of mother’s own milk by providing institutional supports for early and frequent milk expression and by promoting skin-to-skin contact and direct breastfeeding, when appropriate. Promotion of human milk and breastfeeding for VLBW infants requires multidisciplinary and system-wide adoption of lactation support practices.

为 NICU 中住院的极低出生体重 (VLBW)（≤1500 克）婴儿提供母乳可提供短期和长期的健康益处。适当强化的母乳是极低出生体重婴儿的最佳营养来源。每个母亲都应该收到有关母乳对 VLBW 婴儿健康至关重要的信息。当母亲自己的母乳不足或不足时，建议使用巴氏消毒的人类捐赠母乳。新生儿保健提供者可以支持新生儿重症监护病房的哺乳，并通过为早期和频繁挤奶提供机构支持以及在适当情况下促进皮肤接触和直接母乳喂养，有可能减少母乳供应方面的差异。