Does warming the breasts affect the amount of breastmilk production?

Background And Objective: Increasing the amount of breastmilk is vital for both the nursing mother and child. Warming up breasts before using electrical pumps to pump out breastmilk may help to increase the amount of breastmilk, especially in the mothers of babies who are being nursed in the neonatal intensive care unit.

Subjects And Methods: Thirty-nine mothers whose babies had been admitted to the neonatal intensive care unit were analyzed.