Sentences with phrase «from lack of breastfeeding»

Giving breast milk to a baby can save billions of dollars spent on infant formula and healthcare costs arising from lack of breastfeeding.

If they suffered from lack of breastfeeding, I can't tell.

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I felt disabled by exhaustion, lack of sleep, drowsiness from medication, the «hyperness» of the manic state, and the immobility of static breastfeeding.

It was one thing if a legitimate medical reason, insensitive employer, or lack of education stopped a mom from nursing; but all things being equal, it seemed selfish not to breastfeed.

American women face a number of barriers in trying to breastfeed, including little lactation education during pregnancy, few facilities for expressing milk when they return to the workplace and, in many cases, lack of support from family members and friends.

The stress associated with lack of support from their employers created a huge drop off of moms continuing to breastfeed and pump their milk for their babies.

I breastfed only up to 4 wks due to baby having gas problems from my milk and could not keep it up from the strict diet and exhaustion with lack of sleep.

A lack of maternity leave, breastfeeding support at places of employment, and other factors from mastitis to not being able to afford breastfeeding supplies can all affect whether or not a woman initiates breastfeeding.

From our role as wet nurses in slavery being forced to breastfeed and nurture our slave owners children often to the detriment of our children, to the lack of mainstream role models and multi-generational support, to our own stereotyping within our community — we have a different dialogue around breastfeeding and it needs special attention.

One of the main reasons for such poor breastfeeding rates in the UK is lack of political will from the very top to protect, promote and support it, and fear of engendering maternal guilt.

A notable problem continues to be the lack of motivation and skill to support mothers to breastfeed, in light of competition from well funded, often aggressive, marketing of breastmilk substitutes and other products.

While the reasons a mom chooses to discontinue breastfeeding are usually complicated, it is likely that the lack of confidence and feelings of isolation that stem from criticism from loved ones contributes to this decision.

Because of a lack of support from health care providers and my family at that time, I missed the opportunity to establish breastfeeding.

These babies are capable of recovering from a stressful event better than their counterparts who didn't bond with their moms due to lack of breastfeeding.

Odette Miller, City of Tshwane, South Africa Photo: Smitten Photography My relactation story From the minute we found out we were expecting another little miracle (and because I didn't breastfeed my first baby due to a lack of good information) I decided I would do whatever it takes to breastfeed this time.

(I know, I know, if you breastfeed right now and feel like you are about to die from lack of sleep, this may seem like a really poor joke.

And all too often, it is the lack of accurate and information and reliable resources that prevents mothers from achieving their breastfeeding goals.

Studies show that lack of support from those two sources can lead to shortened breastfeeding (or never starting).

The book explores how women can work throught these kinds of emotions, come to understand what failed them first time (eg lack of information, support, or confidence) and how to move forward, heal from the loss of their breastfeeding experience, start afresh and «take two.»

The only way I was able to keep breastfeeding and not lose my sanity from lack of sleep was to bed share.

Additionally, countless mothers without such medical conditions may be limited by environmental factors, such as difficulty with latch, poor breastfeeding education, or a lack of support from their employer or significant other.

Miss A was only 6 months old at the time, and I had a suspicion that I may have been pregnant from the usual signs, tender breasts, being extremely tired, and the lack of my monthly, although I was still breastfeeding so this wasn't a sure sign either way, -LCB- but of course any of those signs can also result from being a new mom too -RCB-.

Research shows that one of the main reasons moms stop breastfeeding is because of the lack of sleep they experience from the frequent night time nursings required in the beginning.

Percentage breastfed babies: 92.2 % at discharge from maternity — At the age of 3 months 59.3 % — At the age of 6 months (exclusively breastfed) 36.9 % — At the age of 1 year 13 % Although most mothers breast feed their babies at discharge from maternity subsequent lack of sustained support from others discourages continue breast - feeding

Whether you believe in breastfeeding or bottle - feeding your baby, you will experience no lack of judgmental comments from women who believe in nourishing their babies the other way.

They soon found out that the reason her temp was so high was because she was dehydrated from not eating enough, this was do to the lack of colostrum and milk my breasts were producing (pretty much I wasn't producing anything) I felt absolutely horrible that I could not tell, I felt like a bad mom that I was unable to breastfeed my daughter.

I feel that now, as the Lancet today publishes its series on breastfeeding stating that a lack of protection and support for breastfeeding is killing more than 800,000 babies each year, causing more than 20,000 deaths from breast cancer, and costing the global economy around $ 302bn per year in lost cognitive development and thus economic potential.

Every thirty seconds a baby dies from infections due to a lack of breastfeeding and the use of bottles, artificial milks and other risky products.

It is an argument which deflects attention from the lack of knowledge and understanding of most health professionals about breastfeeding.

If you feel uncomfortable with the lack of support from your healthcare provider, you may consider a switch to a more breastfeeding - friendly practice.

The stigma attached to breastfeeding promotion and a real fear of instigating maternal guilt shift the focus from the problems mothers encounter, including a lack of medical and social support, to mothers» individual feeding decisions.

These include: cultural beliefs and pressures (e.g. anxiety about breastfeeding in public, beliefs about adequacy of milk supply); lack of availability of trained support; legislation to protect women who are breastfeeding; and commercial pressures from marketing and advertising of formula by manufacturers (Save the Children 2013).

And absolutely, the problem is SO MUCH BIGGER than one person's choices: the amount of misinformation floating around out there (and the amount of it that comes from otherwise intelligent, highly trained medical professionals), the lack of help and support for new nursing moms, the lack of adequate maternity leave in the US (in Canada, where I live, one can take up to 50 weeks» leave with unemployment pay), the persistent idea that dads «need» to bottle - feed their babies in order to bond with them, the idea that formula is «normal» and breastfeeding is «best» — in some places it really seems like you'd need a will of iron to keep at it when the going gets tough.

Mothers often cite their return to work or lack of support from their employers as the reason for terminating breastfeeding.

Other limitations of the included studies were that some studies lacked the distinction between exclusive breastfeeding, defined by the World Health Organization as «the infant has received only breast milk from his / her mother or a wet nurse, or expressed breast milk, and no other liquids or solids, with the exception of drops or syrups consisting of vitamins, mineral supplements or medicines,» and partial breastfeeding, defined by the World Health Organization as «a situation where the baby is receiving some breastfeeds but is also being given other food or food - based fluids, such as formula milk or weaning foods.»

A lack of confidence in the ability to breastfeed is another reason why Yemeni women are turning away from the practice.

Obstacles to initiation and continuation of breastfeeding include insufficient prenatal education about breastfeeding132, 133; disruptive hospital policies and practices134; inappropriate interruption of breastfeeding135; early hospital discharge in some populations136; lack of timely routine follow - up care and postpartum home health visits137; maternal employment138, 139 (especially in the absence of workplace facilities and support for breastfeeding) 140; lack of family and broad societal support141; media portrayal of bottle feeding as normative142; commercial promotion of infant formula through distribution of hospital discharge packs, coupons for free or discounted formula, and some television and general magazine advertising143, 144; misinformation; and lack of guidance and encouragement from health care professionals.135, 145,146

The issue of breastfeeding ought to be more of a priority in our country.It covers several major problems all in one.Healthcare, economy, environment, jobs (alot more would be created from an increase in nursing than from formula production) our children's performance in school and the rate of college attendance, obesity, and less unwanted pregnancies (sounds harsh but most of our world problems are connected to an exploding overpopulation and a lack of adequate resources).

Continuing the series on unsupportive support, let's take a look at a few of these common issues stemming from society's lack of understanding of normal and healthy breastfeeding.

With this in mind much of what is unsupportive support comes from this place of ignorance and lack of exposure to normal, healthy breastfeeding.

One of the hardest issues that a new mom trying to breastfeed can face is lack of support — from spouses, from relatives and from close friends.

Some of the negativity I received came from lack of understanding of how breastfeeding worked and the needs of a lactating mother.

Lack of breast feeding is significantly associated with higher use and cost of health care.28 Improved short and long term health of breastfed children, improved wellbeing of mothers who have breast fed, and the cost of goods consumed are major factors leading to economic benefits from the promotion of breast feeding.6 29 30 31 Future research should compare the specific cost effectiveness of such strategies for improvement of breastfeeding practice.

The reason why I wouldn't wanted to breastfeed would be issues with my anatomy (latching, supply lack of support from my husband, feeling judged by other mothers, lack of societal support like no being able to BF anywhere the baby wanted to eat and so on.

It is an argument that deflects attention from the lack of knowledge and understanding of too many health professionals about breastfeeding.

They may be grieving over unexpected birth outcomes, separation from their baby after birth, disappointments over breastfeeding expectations compounded by a fussy baby, lack of sleep, lack of support and general worries about their babies.

There are a lot of factors contributing to low breastfeeding rates in the United States, and Bartick says moms shouldn't be blamed, because they receive mixed messages and often lack support from the moment their babies are born.

A key factor is the widespread lack of appropriate education for health professionals in the prevention and treatment of breastfeeding problems, which means that in a wide range of settings women commonly do not receive the quality of care needed from the health services (Cattaneo 2010; Renfrew 2006).

Because there were few women in the obese class II and III category, which covered a wide range of prepregnancy BMI values (ie, 35.0 — 55.4), the lack of a detectable effect of breastfeeding in the heaviest women may result from inadequate statistical power rather than from a biological difference.

Researchers from the University of Missouri conducted an analysis of ACA's requirement to determine if any barriers exist for women living in rural areas; they found a lack of compliance with the law, inadequate breastfeeding information for mothers and lack of support from co-workers and supervisors.