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BREASTFEEDING

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  INTRODUCTION 

is when you feed your baby with breastmilk usually directly from your breast, it’s called nursing . making the decision to breast feed is a personal matter.

UNICEF & WHO recommend that children initiates breastfeeding within the first hour of birth and can be exclusively breastfed for the first six month of life.


DIFFERENT STAGE OF BREAST MILK COMPOSITION .

- reading Time: 2 minutes breast milk is the main source of nutrients for a baby

- colostrum: first stage at milk colostrum occur during pregnancy and last for several days after baby’s birth. 

- transitional : second stage of milk 

- nature milk: third stage of milk 


      ADVANTAGE OF BREAST FEEDING 

        breastfeeding can help protect babies against some short and long term illness and disease, breastfeeding babies have a lower risk as asthma, obesity , type 1 diabetes and sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS)breastfed babies are also loss likely to have  ear infections & stomach bug.


    DISASVANTAGE OF NOT BREASTFEEDING 

increase incidence of infectious morbidity e.g otitis media , gastroenteritis, pneumonia as well as elevated risk or childhood obesity, type2 diabetes  and leukemia 

   PHYCHOLOGICAL EFFECT

To mothers

poor maternal morbidity and the risk of developing post partum depression 

To child

 Low immunity

Lower IQ


BENEFITS OF BREASTFEEDING TO MOTHERS

- reducing risk of developing osteoporosis 

 - reducing her breast cancer risk 

- reducing her ovarian cancer risk 

- producing oxytocin’s, which help contract the uterus back to it pre pregnancy stage

- burning calories and using moms fat store for her breast milk


To child

 -Higher IQ

 - improve quality sleep

- improve immunity

- provide total nutrition


GOLDEN RULE OF BREAST FEEDING

- give newborn infant no food or drink other than breast milk unless medically indicated.

- practicing rooming : allow mothers and infant to remain together 24 hours

- encourage feeding on demand 


WHEN SHOY YOU STOP BREASTFEEDING 

The U. S dietary guidelines for American 2020 -2025 recommended that infant be exclusively breast fed for about first 6 month with continued breast feeding while introducing appropriate complimentary food for 1 year 


BREASTFEEDING POSITION

- lie your baba across your lap , facing you

 - place your baby’s head on your forearm , nose toward your nipple your hand should support the length with their body

- place your baby lower arm under yours 

- check to make your your baby’s ears, shoulder and lap are on straight line


SIGNS OF EFFECTIVE ATTACHMENT 

- you’re comfortable 

- baby looks comfortable , relaxed not tense, frowning and wriggling

- baby mouth is open wide against the breast with nipple and breast in mouth 

- baby chin is touching the breast

-baby has deep jaw movement with drinking

NOTE

one of the neonatal danger sign is not be able to breastfeed. 

Monitor your child to enhance good quality breast milk and breast feeding 

Thank you 


Comments

  1. AnonymousMarch 15, 2023 at 2:05 PM

    Keep the good thing going

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  2. AnonymousMarch 15, 2023 at 4:51 PM

    Is an interesting topic all mothers need to read it, more success

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