The creamatocrit method, which measures the fat
content of breast milk, provides a clinical assessment
of volume of milk in the breast.33 There is a strong
relationship between the degree of fullness of the
breast and the fat or cream content of the milk (Figure
1). The maximum breast volume (when the breast is
full) is associated with the minimum fat content of the
milk, and the minimum breast volume (when the breast
is well drained) is associated with the maximum fat
content of the milk. Although there is significant
variation between mothers, if a milk sample collected
before a breastfeed has a fat content of less than 4%,
that indicates that the breast was reasonably full with
a significant amount of milk available for the baby.
Moreover, if a milk sample collected after a breastfeed
has a fat content of more than 10%, this indicates that
the breast was reasonably well-drained and that the
baby has taken most of the available milk.
The creamatocrit method, which measures the fatcontent of breast milk, provides a clinical assessmentof volume of milk in the breast.33 There is a strongrelationship between the degree of fullness of thebreast and the fat or cream content of the milk (Figure1). The maximum breast volume (when the breast isfull) is associated with the minimum fat content of themilk, and the minimum breast volume (when the breastis well drained) is associated with the maximum fatcontent of the milk. Although there is significantvariation between mothers, if a milk sample collectedbefore a breastfeed has a fat content of less than 4%,that indicates that the breast was reasonably full witha significant amount of milk available for the baby.Moreover, if a milk sample collected after a breastfeedhas a fat content of more than 10%, this indicates thatthe breast was reasonably well-drained and that thebaby has taken most of the available milk.
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