Sentences with phrase «exclusive breast feeding on»

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I didn't perform some sort of magic that I can pass on, I just had the good fortune to have it work out with a minimum of fuss... I know a mum who has struggled for weeks and months, expressing, sns - ing, mixed feeding, and then getting from that point back to exclusive breastfeeding, only to have baby point - blank refuse the breast a few weeks down the line and having to at last admit defeat.

You seem fixated on the exclusive breast feeding aspect, but why?

A local hospital is having an upcoming meeting on the «Baby - Friendly Hospital Initiative» (BFHI) that would promote exclusive breast - feeding while infants stayed in the hospital... check into that at your local hospitals!

Breastfeeding is an unequalled way of providing ideal food for the healthy growth and development of infants1, providing protection from morbidity and mortality due to infectious diseases2 and chronic diseases later in life.3 Exclusive breastfeeding is recommended, starting within one hour of birth and for the first 6 months of life, with continued breastfeeding to 2 years of age and beyond.4 However, rates of initiation, exclusive breastfeeding and breastfeeding duration have fallen since the widespread introduction and promotion of breast - milk substitutes.5 Successful breastfeeding depends on a number of factors, including a re-normalisation of breastfeeding as the infant feeding method of choice through antenatal counselling and education and breastfeeding support to prevent and resolve breastfeeding diffExclusive breastfeeding is recommended, starting within one hour of birth and for the first 6 months of life, with continued breastfeeding to 2 years of age and beyond.4 However, rates of initiation, exclusive breastfeeding and breastfeeding duration have fallen since the widespread introduction and promotion of breast - milk substitutes.5 Successful breastfeeding depends on a number of factors, including a re-normalisation of breastfeeding as the infant feeding method of choice through antenatal counselling and education and breastfeeding support to prevent and resolve breastfeeding diffexclusive breastfeeding and breastfeeding duration have fallen since the widespread introduction and promotion of breast - milk substitutes.5 Successful breastfeeding depends on a number of factors, including a re-normalisation of breastfeeding as the infant feeding method of choice through antenatal counselling and education and breastfeeding support to prevent and resolve breastfeeding difficulties.

The recently - released «clarification» on PC - 05a, the controversial performance measure of The Joint Commission (TJC)'s Perinatal Care data element related to «exclusive breast milk feeding» during the hospital stay, has completely...

As far as pumping is concerned, I did pump on and off with my first until I kind of got frustrated with it, and I do have some experience in exclusive pumping with my twins for the first two months because they were preemies, there were born at 35 weeks, and they couldn't latch at the time, so I had about two months of exclusive pumping before we went to breast - feeding.

Most recent innovations include a feeding device that allows babies to apply the same sucking behaviour as learned on the breast, as well as Initiation and 2 - Phase Expression Technologies - exclusive pumping patterns to support mothers to initiate, build and maintain their milk supply.

The number of infants receiving mixed feeding was too small (table 1) to estimate precisely its effect on diarrhoeal disease, and for further analysis they were combined either with exclusive breast milk or with formula.

In summary, although the overall effect of breast - feeding on allergic disease remains unknown, most practitioners agree that exclusive breast - feeding is the preferred method of nutrition for all infants based on other potential benefits of breast - feeding.

Several years prior to this, Gdalevich et al (29) performed a meta - analysis of prospective studies between January 1966 and May 2000 on the association between exclusive breast - feeding in the first 3 months after birth and the onset of atopic dermatitis in childhood and concluded that breast - feeding was protective against incident atopic dermatitis in childhood.

In addition, Bonuck et al. assessed breastfeeding intensity (based on the percentage of feedings derived from breast milk) compared with the stricter assessment of exclusive breastfeeding used by Petrova et al..

USBC — Implementing The Joint Commission Perinatal Care Core Measure on Exclusive Breast Milk Feeding

This fact needs to be continually reiterated to decision makers as otherwise manufacturers of breast milk substitutes will capitalise on HIV infection as a reason for promoting free samples of their formula.10 It is extraordinary that the Wall Street Journal painted the baby food manufacturers as heroes poised to save African children from certain death because of their offer to donate free formula to HIV infected mothers.11 The WHO recommends avoidance of breast feeding by HIV infected mothers only if replacement feeding is feasible, safe, sustainable, and affordable — otherwise exclusive breast feeding is recommended during the first six months of life.12 Non-infected women must be given access to credible information, quality care, and support, in order to empower them to make informed decisions regarding feeding of their infant.13

If a baby is on an exclusive breast milk diet, even if the breastfeeding parent isn't directly feeding the baby, she still had to put in extra work to pump milk ahead of time in anticipation of having another caregiver help her out.

The protective effects of breast feeding have been shown to be dose responsive16 17 18 and minimal breast feeding may not be protective.17 Researchers in lactation have advocated that research on promotion of breast feeding must target exclusive breast feeding, 19 and ours is one of the larger randomised controlled trials with this primary outcome.

Although professional lactation support can improve the duration of overall breast feeding, its effect in improving exclusive breast feeding is unclear.11 18 22 Thus far, studies that report improvement of rates of exclusive breastfeeding have involved mainly community based peer counselling strategies.23 24 25 Even then, a randomised trial in the UK recently cast doubt on the efficacy of this approach.26 There are current recommendations from NICE for the UK - wide implementation of the baby friendly initiative.4 5 6 The 2006 NICE costing report on routine postnatal care of women and their babies estimates that efforts to improve rates of breast feeding will result in substantial cost savings for the NHS.6

Available literature on the efficacy of interventions to improve rates of exclusive breast feeding is limited and controversial.

The recent NICE evidence into practice briefing on promotion of initiation and duration of breast feeding, 4 however, recommended that education and support should be targeted at women with low incomes to increase rates of exclusive breast feeding.

While there is evidence for the effectiveness of professional support in prolonging duration of breast feeding and increasing rates of initiation of breast feeding, the strength of its effect on the rate of exclusive breastfeeding is unclear.11 12

But a new study — from researchers intent on promoting exclusive breast - feeding, no less — is questioning whether that's sound advice.

At age 13 months, data on breast feeding and additional nutrition were collected in the same manner by a project paediatrician, and in addition the mothers were asked to retrospectively record the duration of exclusive breast feeding.

Effect of exclusive breast feeding education on breast - feeding self - efficacy and maternal stress

Impact of counselling on exclusive breast - feeding practices in a poor urban setting in Kenya: a randomized controlled trial