Sentences with phrase «breastfeeding provides emotional support»

Beyond nutrients and fluids, breastfeeding provides emotional support and a feeling of security.

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Someday the insurance companies will realize what a treasure postpartum doula care is, in keeping mom and baby together to preserve the breastfeeding relationship, helping to avoid health care costs long term as well as speeding up healing and providing emotional support to help with any potential postpartum mood disorders.

She appreciates the emotional impact breastfeeding challenges can have on mother, baby and family and strives to provide caring, evidenced based support during this time.

He or she (though it's typically a she) will be able to provide detailed instruction about the breastfeeding process, not to mention a good dose of emotional support and encouragement.

Three of the biggest services Lindsey provided for me were: emotional support / encouragement, an education in breastfeeding, and correcting Jay's latch.

(1) to protect and promote breastfeeding, as an essential component of their overall food and nutrition policies and programmes on behalf of women and children, so as to enable all infants to be exclusively breastfed during the first four to six months of life; (2) to promote breastfeeding, with due attention to the nutritional and emotional needs of mothers; (3) to continue monitoring breastfeeding patterns, including traditional attitudes and practices in this regard; (4) to enforce existing, or adopt new, maternity protection legislation or other suitable measures that will promote and facilitate breastfeeding among working women; (5) to draw the attention of all who are concerned with planning and providing maternity services to the universal principles affirmed in the joint WHO / UNICEF statement (note 2) on breastfeeding and maternity services that was issued in 1989; (6) to ensure that the principles and aim of the International Code of Marketing of Breastmilk Substitutes and the recommendations contained in resolution WHA39.28 are given full expression in national health and nutritional policy and action, in cooperation with professional associations, womens organizations, consumer and other nongovermental groups, and the food industry; (7) to ensure that families make the most appropriate choice with regard to infant feeding, and that the health system provides the necessary support;