I've done some reading about
breastfeeding after reduction, and it seems promising... but I'm afraid for future children and what that means for our breastfeeding experience.
As well as specials cases like BFAR moms (
Breastfeeding After A Reduction).
Let's look at one example in particular:
Breastfeeding after a reduction, one of the factors the writer of the above article was facing, can sometimes pose supply challenges to mothers.
For more information on
breastfeeding after reduction surgery, see Defining Your Own Success: Breastfeeding After Breast Reduction Surgery, by Diana West (La Leche League International, 2001).
-LSB-...] an LLL Leader, Meran, about the possibilities of
breastfeeding after reduction surgery and using an at - breast supplementer.
In addition to articles supporting the vast superiority of breastmilk over formula, there is ample help for any nursing problem under the sun -
breastfeeding after a reduction or implants; nursing your adopted child; even lactation for men (which, for the record, is indeed possible).
This doesn't mean that it isn't worthwhile and, as the book on
breastfeeding after reduction surgery by Diana West, IBCLC is titled, you should Define Your Own Success.
Five of us who had had breast reduction surgery started an email list for women who were trying to
breastfeed after reduction surgery.
Not exact matches
She is also author of Defining Your Own Success:
Breastfeeding After Breast
Reduction Surgery.
Adoptive parents, and parents who have
breastfed or «chestfed»
after breast
reduction surgery or «top surgery,» often recount that the benefits gained through bonding are more important than the amount of milk produced.
On the evidence side, I know that the evidence primarily comes from observational studies, and there are methodological issues with measuring dose and duration of
breastfeeding particularly after the introduction of complementary foods, however the evidence is fairly consistent in showing a reduction in gastrointestinal, respiratory and ear infections (see «Breastfeeding and maternal and infant outcomes in developed countries» http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubm
breastfeeding particularly
after the introduction of complementary foods, however the evidence is fairly consistent in showing a
reduction in gastrointestinal, respiratory and ear infections (see «
Breastfeeding and maternal and infant outcomes in developed countries» http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubm
Breastfeeding and maternal and infant outcomes in developed countries» http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17764214).
I sought out a natural birth provider in my network
after reading the book, Defining your Own Success: Breastfeeding After Breast Reduction Surgery by Diana
after reading the book, Defining your Own Success:
Breastfeeding After Breast Reduction Surgery by Diana
After Breast
Reduction Surgery by Diana West.
She is also author of the Clinician's
Breastfeeding Triage Tool and Defining Your Own Success:
Breastfeeding After Breast
Reduction Surgery.
She is the co-author of three La Leche League International books: Sweet Sleep: Nighttime and Naptime Strategies for the
Breastfeeding Family, The Womanly Art of
Breastfeeding, 8th edition, and Defining Your Own Success:
Breastfeeding After Breast
Reduction Surgery.
For instance, like in the bfar chapter of the
breastfeeding,
after reduction chapter.
She is the co-writer of three La Leche League International books: Sweet Sleep: Nighttime and Naptime Strategies for the
Breastfeeding Family, The Womanly Art of
Breastfeeding, 8th edition, and Defining Your Own Success:
Breastfeeding After Breast
Reduction Surgery.
Defining your own success:
Breastfeeding after breast
reduction surgery.
Diana West IBCLC, author of Defining Your Own Success:
Breastfeeding After Breast Reduction Surgery, believes that breastfeeding is possible if three factors
Breastfeeding After Breast
Reduction Surgery, believes that
breastfeeding is possible if three factors
breastfeeding is possible if three factors are present:
West, Diana DEFINING YOUR OWN SUCCESS:
Breastfeeding after Breast Reduction Surgery LLLI, 2001 A first - of - a kind, this comprehensive resource explores the specific issues and breastfeeding management techniques essential for successful breastfeeding after breast reduc
Breastfeeding after Breast
Reduction Surgery LLLI, 2001 A first - of - a kind, this comprehensive resource explores the specific issues and breastfeeding management techniques essential for successful breastfeeding after breast reduction
Reduction Surgery LLLI, 2001 A first - of - a kind, this comprehensive resource explores the specific issues and
breastfeeding management techniques essential for successful breastfeeding after breast reduc
breastfeeding management techniques essential for successful
breastfeeding after breast reduc
breastfeeding after breast
reductionreduction surgery.
Furthermore, due to cost
reductions, there is a general understaffing of maternity wards, leading to less
breastfeeding support, which can be time consuming in the first few days
after birth.
This is your best bet if you have a special situation such as
breastfeeding after breast
reduction,
breastfeeding twins or even a planned c - section as the class can be tailor made for your situation.
They conclude that risk
reduction messages to prevent sudden infant deaths should be targeted more appropriately to unsafe infant care practices such as sleeping on sofas, bed - sharing
after the use of alcohol or drugs, or bed - sharing by parents who smoke, and that advice on whether bed - sharing should be discouraged needs to take into account the important relationship with
breastfeeding.
Diana is the author of the groundbreaking book, Defining Your Own Success:
Breastfeeding after Breast
Reduction Surgery.
She authored the groundbreaking book, Defining Your Own Success:
Breastfeeding after Breast
Reduction Surgery.
A significant jump in the number of U.S. mothers who initially
breastfed their newborns — from 52 % in the year prior to the beginning of GBS preventive antibiotics to 60 % only 6 years later, and to 70 % not long
after that — surely accounts for some of the
reduction reported in early infant infections.
Evidence suggests that initiation of
breastfeeding in the first day of life is associated with a significant
reduction in the risk of neonatal mortality when compared with delaying
breastfeeding for more than 24 hours
after birth.
Diana West, BA, IBCLC Author of Defining Your Own Success:
Breastfeeding after Breast
Reduction Surgery Co-author of The
Breastfeeding Mother's Guide to Making More Milk and The Womanly Art of
Breastfeeding, 8th edition
Many women have even successfully
breastfed after breast -
reduction surgery.
It took me about two years to write Defining Your Own Success:
Breastfeeding After Breast
Reduction Surgery and we were editing the final type - set pages around my due date with my third baby.
Breastfeeding after breast
reduction surgery is certainly possible.
Diana West, BA, IBCLC, author of «Defining your Own Success:
Breastfeeding After Breast
Reduction Surgery» and «Making More Milk»:
After breastfeeding, the mothers in the study were found to have both a
reduction in perceived stress and a more positive mood.
Although some SIDS experts and policy - makers endorse pacifier use recommendations that are similar to those of the AAP, 272,273 concerns about possible deleterious effects of pacifier use have prevented others from making a recommendation for pacifier use as a risk
reduction strategy.274 Although several observational studies275, — , 277 have found a correlation between pacifiers and reduced
breastfeeding duration, the results of well - designed randomized clinical trials indicated that pacifiers do not seem to cause shortened
breastfeeding duration for term and preterm infants.278, 279 The authors of 1 study reported a small deleterious effect of early pacifier introduction (2 — 5 days
after birth) on exclusive
breastfeeding at 1 month of age and on overall
breastfeeding duration (defined as any
breastfeeding), but early pacifier use did not adversely affect exclusive
breastfeeding duration.
Finally,
after breastfeeding, mothers also report
reductions in negative mood compared to mood levels prior to
breastfeeding.20
According to the latest studies, the practicing of Kangaroo Care, or the special way of holding your preterm infant skin to skin, shows a 51 percent
reduction in newborn mortality when babies (stable and less than 2 kg) were kangarooed within the first week
after birth and
breastfed by their mothers.
In one study, a large
reduction in blood pressure associated with having been
breastfed for at least 3 months (Web table 1) was reported to have been somewhat attenuated
after controlling for current weight, age, birth weight, time of birth, birth order, mother's age, and history of high antenatal maternal blood pressure (14), but quantitative estimates suitable for inclusion in the meta - analyses were not available.
At the beginning of the 20th century, successful
reductions in mortality from summer diarrhea in central New York City were demonstrated
after using student nurses in the home to instruct mothers about hygiene and
breastfeeding.4 Denmark established home visiting in 1937
after a pilot program showed lower infant mortality rates associated with home visiting.