Background Mothers are encouraged to maximise close contact with their premature infants and to express breast milk. Prolactin is a key hormone of lactation but little is known of levels following premature delivery.

Aim To compare serum Prolactin levels for 6 weeks after birth in lactating full-term mothers with mothers expressing milk for babies of <32 weeks gestation.

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