Johanna Baker

The National Center for Health Statistics reported that fertility rates across the country have declined from 2015 to 2020, with 43 states recording the lowest fertility rate they’ve seen in the last 30 years. Most research and discussions around fertility care typically focus on the woman, with not much being examined in regards to helping men who are struggling with the same issue. But now new research may help to improve that.

Much of neonatal care of very preterm infants in the first days of life focuses around advancement of enteral feeding, with a need to balance the advancement of enteral feeds with minimising the risk of associated complications, such as feed intolerance and necrotising enterocolitis (NEC) [1]. The traditional approach has been one of caution, advocating slow advancement of enteral feeds to mitigate the risk of NEC [2].