Sentences with phrase «given by breastfeeding mothers»

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«API is pleased to give a voice to our breastfeeding struggles, those related to society's acceptance as well as those shared by mother and baby,» said Samantha Gray, Executive Director of Attachment Parenting International.

«We were surprised by the large number of concerns mothers had, and we were very concerned by how particular concerns were strongly related to giving up with breastfeeding» - such as worries about babies not getting enough nutrition, said Laurie A. Nommsen - Rivers, the study's senior author, from Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center.

Australian researchers found that new mothers were more likely to be breastfeeding their newborns a few months after delivery if their hospitals followed the Baby - Friendly Hospital Initiative (BFHI) guidelines, than if they gave birth in a hospital accredited by the Initiative.

In my 30 - plus years of giving breastfeeding help, I've been puzzled by the huge numbers of mothers who struggle, especially at first.

... And I read this stupid thing on a stupid website run by a renowned service that I have never received good advice or support from, that pleaded with new mothers to remember that every supplement you give, every millilitre of external milk you give, is doing your milk supply damage and drastically reducing your hopes of exclusively breastfeeding.

They insist that it promotes breastfeeding, by giving mothers easier access to their babies for nighttime feedings, and making it easier for her to rest between feedings.

Indeed, research has shown that, given the chance, many babies only minutes old will crawl up to the breast from the mother's abdomen, latch on and start breastfeeding all by themselves.

Over the last few days we have been showing a few examples as to what we mean by their tactics such as - Excluding breastfeeding off forms when they ask about the way the baby gets fed, formula samples being sent to homes that never even signed up, Hospitals giving mothers formula samples even after they explicitly state they will be breastfeeding, Changing some words on the can to target breastfeeding mothers to buy their formula, I even tried calling into the «Lactation service» they offer for free and pretended I was having trouble with supply so asked what I should do.

Indeed, research has shown that, given the chance, babies only minutes old will often crawl up to the breast from the mother's abdomen, and start breastfeeding all by themselves.

By driving me to breastfeeding consultations and sometimes latching the baby herself, my mother gave me the strength and courage to keep going.

Not only does this encourage and develop the breastfeeding relationship by providing easy access, it gives the mother the opportunity to really get to know her newborn — to be able to recognize the subtle cues that tell her that her baby is content, hungry, tired, etc..

The program to encourage breastfeeding seemed to work - by three months out, 43 percent of mothers who gave birth at intervention hospitals were still exclusively breastfeeding, compared to six percent of women in the comparison group.

Although it is licensed to be given to babies in neonatal units, fluconazole is not licensed in the UK for use by breastfeeding mothers of babies under six months.

As a breastfeeding counselor, I deal with the aftermath of poor hospital policy (to be fair I don't always hear the success stories) and everything the baby has been «given» by the hospital staff including unnecessary formula, pacifiers, denial of access to his mother, and poor breastfeeding advice.

The study by Durham University found that mothers who shared their bed with their babies for at least an hour a week were more likely to continue breastfeeding past six months but mothers who go to their baby's cot to breastfeed are more likely to give up before six months.

The more that I listen to other women and families describe their experiences with breastfeeding, I realize that breastfeeding successfully has much to do with how much support a new mother is given by her partner, family, friends, and extended community (like parenting groups, hospitals, etc.).

Breastfeeding is given up by far too many mothers through no fault of their own.

Mothers are less likely to give breastfeeding the thorough chance it deserves when they are bombarded by formula advertising.

By sponsoring our website, you will have an opportunity to tell our readers about your products, as well as support a website whose goal is to give mothers the information they need to have a successful breastfeeding experience.

Thus, the two crucial determinants for a successful start to breastfeeding seem to be uninterrupted contact with the mother until after the first feed and no sedation of the infant by analgesics given to the mother during labour.

Fewer than 18 % of mothers who initiate breastfeeding are giving their babies any breast milk at all at the end of the minimal year recommended by the American Academy of Pediatrics.

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When the breastfeeding mother is under - nourished, it is safer, easier, and less expensive to give her more food than to expose an infant under six months of age to the risks associated with feeding breastmilk substitutes or other foods.2 Can breastmilk production be increased by giving the mother additional food?

It would be unethical to conduct a controlled study that might put a baby at risk by deliberately giving the breastfeeding mother drugs.

This includes essential care during childbirth and in the postnatal period for every mother and baby, including antenatal steroid injections (given to pregnant women at risk of preterm labour to strengthen the babies» lungs), kangaroo mother care (when the baby is carried by the mother with skin - to - skin contact and frequent breastfeeding), and antibiotics to treat newborn infections.

Mother gives the gift of immunity to her child with breastfeeding thru specific antibodies in breast milk (secretory immunoglobulin A (sIgA), the maternal antibody immunoglobulin G (IgG), and by passing beneficial bacteria and DNA from her own gut.

Although breastfeeding does help a mother feel bonded to her baby by releasing oxytocin, Fit Pregnancy noted that some studies found that mothers suffering from PPD actually felt worse after being given manufactured oxytocin.

I have seen babies who are upset every time they go near a breast because they have been handled roughly by hospital staff (mothers» breasts have been grabbed and their baby's head shoved onto a breast); I have seen women who have been told they don't have enough milk or «your milk isn't strong enough» (this is never true and usually comes from an older relative who may have been told this a generation ago); women who have been advised to give their babies a top - up bottle only to have the baby find the fast milk flow easier than working at the breast so consequently, weaning begins before breastfeeding even becomes established.

Relactation — When a mother can resume breastfeeding after a period of not producing milk, without giving birth in between, by stimulating the nipples by a breast pump and / or baby.

Probably but these are ones that are most commonly used by breastfeeding mothers if you're not sure - give me a call.

So my first tip to you, as a breastfeeding mother who knows that to increase your milk supply and give your baby's digestion the best start to life you can is to have your baby weighed by someone who is also a breastfeeding advocate.

Physicians have been encouraged by WHO and national CDD programmes to motivate mothers to continue breastfeeding or giving other food to prevent malnutrition resulting from diarrhoea.

Given that these two components of breast milk have the potential to alter the gut microbiome of breast - feeding infants, the results of the study suggest that development of the infant gut microbiome may be affected in part by what the mother eats during breastfeeding.

Breastfeeding was defined as mother's milk given by direct breastfeeding or other feBreastfeeding was defined as mother's milk given by direct breastfeeding or other febreastfeeding or other feeding device.

She has given presentations about breastfeeding and led support groups in various settings, including a half way house for incarcerated mothers, a crisis pregnancy center, a school for Montessori teachers, and at her church as part of the class attended by expecting and new parents in preparation for the baptism of their baby.

You know, we are asking them to combine that role of being a breastfeeding mother, alongside being a lover and a sexual partner and you know, when two or three months have gone by and you are struggling to combine those two roles and your partner is struggling with that, it's inevitable that some people are going to start thinking about giving up breastfeeding and certainly for asking those mothers to get to six months and a year, that's a long time to struggle with those two roles and struggle trying to make those two roles fit together.

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.»

Modern mothers were discouraged from breastfeeding, and given the impression bottle feeding represented the next stage in human evolution in which they would no longer be controlled by biology.

The other article, called «Guide to Breastfeeding», gives mothers information on how to breastfeed, but begins by stressing that «the best option isn't the easiest option».

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By telling these important people she wants to breastfeed and by discussing ways they can be supportive, an expectant mother is taking a proactive role in ensuring that she and her baby have an environment that gives breastfeeding the best possible start.&raquBy telling these important people she wants to breastfeed and by discussing ways they can be supportive, an expectant mother is taking a proactive role in ensuring that she and her baby have an environment that gives breastfeeding the best possible start.&raquby discussing ways they can be supportive, an expectant mother is taking a proactive role in ensuring that she and her baby have an environment that gives breastfeeding the best possible start.»

Attachment Parenting International (API) thanks Praeclarus Press for giving permission to reprint this except from To Three and Beyond: Stories of Breastfeeding Children and the Mothers Who Love Them, edited by Janell E. Robisch, published by Praeclarus Press, www.PraeclarusPress.com.

Sears, Martha and William TWENTY - FIVE THINGS EVERY NEW MOTHER SHOULD KNOW Harvard Common Press, rev. ed., 2005 From giving birth to breastfeeding to meeting baby's needs, this book reinforces a mother's confidence by reassuring her that she is the expert on herMOTHER SHOULD KNOW Harvard Common Press, rev. ed., 2005 From giving birth to breastfeeding to meeting baby's needs, this book reinforces a mother's confidence by reassuring her that she is the expert on hermother's confidence by reassuring her that she is the expert on her baby.

Because breastfeeding entails giving baby milk with natural ingredients produced by the mother, this makes it less likely for the baby to get certain ingredients that can contribute to obesity in adulthood.

I lobbied on multiple occasions for a comfortable recliner to be placed in the YMCA locker room to give nursing mothers like me a relaxing and quiet place to breastfeed, but was repeatedly shot down by management.

§ Model policy elements are 1) in - service training, 2) prenatal breastfeeding classes, 3) asking about mothers» feeding plans, 4) initiating breastfeeding within one hour of uncomplicated vaginal birth, 5) initiating breastfeeding after recovery for uncomplicated Cesarean sections and / or showing mothers how to express milk and maintain lactation if separated from infant, 6) giving only breast milk to breastfed infants, 7) rooming - in 24 hr / day, 8) breastfeeding on demand, 9) no pacifier use by breastfed infants, 10) referral of mothers with breastfeeding problems and / or referral of mothers to appropriate breastfeeding resources at discharge.

Secondary: volume of formula given by mothers who were mixed feeding, and incidence of breastfeeding problems

A study conducted by researchers from the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics and reported in the November 1990 issue of «Pediatrics» gave breastfeeding mothers whose babies were thriving 25 percent more fluid than their baseline for at least seven days.

The AAP recommends that mothers continue to breastfeed, along with giving other food, after six months for at least a year or even longer «as mutually desired by mother and infant.»

By six months postpartum, more than half of mothers have given up on breastfeeding.