Human milk and NEC

Mother’s own milk provides the most protection against NEC. When mother’s own milk is not available, pasteurized donor milk offers the next best protection.

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Exploring Human Milk's Role in Protecting Against NEC

The NEC Society’s webinar series on human milk covered evidence-based practices for optimizing the use of human milk with babies at increased risk of NEC, as well as practical strategies for partnering with NICU parents.

Webinar: Mother’s Own Milk

Webinar: Pasteurized Donor Milk

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Helpful Articles

This collection of articles is designed to support families, caregivers, and healthcare professionals in understanding necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC).

Dr. Hackam holding a baby in the hospital
“They don’t just suffer, they too often suffer alone.” Written by David J. Hackam, MD, ...
Staff grouped together holding NEC Society sign
The NEC Symposium brought together 200 participants from 9 countries and 35 US states to ...
NEC Awareness Month cover
We chose May to be NEC Awareness Month because we will only build a world ...
Mother nursing newborn in the hospital
In the NICU, mother’s breast milk is medicine for very premature infants. Mother’s breast milk ...
Micah Life Celebration
Created by bereaved parents for bereaved parents. What we wish someone had told us when ...
baby in the NICU
This story challenges the assumption that breast milk alone prevents NEC. It highlights the complexities ...
Jennifer Canvasser (Davis, CA), and Assemblymember Cecilia Aguiar-Curry
Sacramento, California – The Necrotizing Enterocolitis (NEC) Society is grateful to announce that California has ...
2021 NEC Symposium- Virtual Session picture of everyone on the virtual call
The NEC Society presented the 2021 NEC Virtual Sessions in partnership with Cincinnati Children's and ...
Speaker on stage at 2019 NEC Symposium- University of Michigan
The NEC Society presented the NEC Symposium in Ann Arbor, Michigan, June 2 – 5, ...
Audience at the 2017 NEC Symposium- University of California Davis
The NEC Symposium at UC Davis, entitled “A Transdisciplinary Approach to Improved Outcomes”, was held ...