Sentences with phrase «if women breastfeed»

A unique contribution of our research is to show that, if women breastfeed their infants as recommended (28, 39), breastfeeding could potentially eliminate PPWR by 6 mo postpartum in women with reasonable GWG.
it would not bother me a bit if a woman breastfed her child next to me in a restaurant.
I would ask that you not make a big deal out of it if a woman breastfeeds near you - I promise you that no woman will find it offensive if you continue to talk to and interact with her in the same way you were before her little one latched on to eat.
The report shows that despite the undisputed evidence that infant mortality could be reduced by 1.3 times if all women breastfed their babies within the first hour of birth, only half of all newborns in the 80 countries reviewed are breastfed.

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If women want to have their bodies be respected and have people accept breastfeeding don't bring attention to it this way.»
If a woman is breastfeeding a child when its old enough to eat food, there is a whole other set of problems at play.
If you are getting turned on by breastfeeding, and there ate some men that are, admit it as YOUR shortcoming, and not the women's.
If your ability to worship is hindered by a breastfeeding woman, then that is YOUR problem, not the woman's.
If you can't handle women breastfeeding in church or kids crying in church, it's time for you to find another church.
I firmly believe that if more boys witnessed their mothers / women in the community breastfeeding their siblings / children, they wouldn't have this issue when they grew up.
If you think breastfeeding is so dirty and sinful, why do you suppose God created woman that way?
Twenty - eight states exempt women from public indecency charges if they breastfeed in public.
If a woman couldn't breastfeed because of lack of support or lack of maternity leave or social pressure and used formula and made her peace with it and moved on, then hears about a campaign to provide others with what she did not have, I think there is some pain (that she didn't have it) and anger (why should they get it when I didn't) that is a legitimate reaction that needs to be addressed before moving on.
When it comes to deciding whether or not a person should breastfeed or not, if they're unsure about their options, the best person to go to for advice would be a licensed nurse midwife, though most levels of healthcare for women should be able to offer suggestions for the best path for an expecting mother to follow.
So I just don't get the «too much pressure to breastfeed» when all around me are images of bottles, ads for formula telling me a happy feeding makes a happy mom, bottlefeeding moms, moms and doctors and nurses telling new moms that formula is «just as good» and «not to feel guilty», women getting «the look» for nursing in public, or feeling weird about doing it (I sure did)-- to me, any pressure out there is NOT to breastfeed, or do it as little as possible (not if it's not immediately easy or you don't love every minute, not past 6 mos, not in public, not around male relatives and friends, not around children, not if you ever want to go out alone sometime...)
The reality is that if women truly want to breastfeed they will find a way to make it work.
After a few months of this, the lack of sleep, the crying, the «helpful» people who tell you to just work a little harder, it would be a miracle if any woman in this position kept breastfeeding.
Often women with low supply are let down by the breastfeeding community because they rely on the idea that if your child does not have enough milk it is because you are not working hard enough.
In addition, if you are a healthcare provider working with a woman with diabetes, PCOS, hypoplasia or other conditions that impact her fertility, it is important to talk to her about the potential impact on her ability to breastfeed.
And then, if a woman finds herself in a situation where, for whatever reason, she has trouble with breastfeeding, knowing where to look for help at the first sign of trouble is key.
Of course, it's impossible to prepare for every possible scenario, but if a woman knows in advance that breastfeeding jaundice is a normal occurrence and isn't always a cause for concern, then perhaps she can make better informed choices with regard to her child's care.
It can be hard and women who want to breastfeed need support & don't need alternatives shoved in their faces if they choose to stick to the boob.
«If a woman was able to breastfeed prior to having implants, then there is no reason why she should expect to have any difficulty after the implants are placed,» Matthew Schulman, MD, a board certified plastic surgeon in New York City advises.
Let me say upfront that I am a huge proponent of breastfeeding (if that's what a woman wants and if it works for her, her baby and her family) and I think it should be supported at all times at all facets of society.
I think it's strange, that a woman should «grieve» if she doesn't breastfeed.
If women aren't being strung up as cultural sacrificial lambs for their decisions not to breastfeed then we have the constant brigade of alleged Mommy Wars to keep magazines afloat.
If, in the end, it does turn out that women who breastfeed end up with flatter career trajectories overall (and I'd love to see how something that typically lasts for a year affects a woman for life... if there is a correlation I bet that breastfeeding and other parenting decisions are co-incidental, not causational), well I guess like others, my response would be «so...?»If, in the end, it does turn out that women who breastfeed end up with flatter career trajectories overall (and I'd love to see how something that typically lasts for a year affects a woman for life... if there is a correlation I bet that breastfeeding and other parenting decisions are co-incidental, not causational), well I guess like others, my response would be «so...?»if there is a correlation I bet that breastfeeding and other parenting decisions are co-incidental, not causational), well I guess like others, my response would be «so...?».
But what she took from her experience, and what she expressed, was that http://www.phdinparenting.com/2009/03/08/when-to-give-up-on-breastfeeding/"rel = «nofollow» > all women should give up breastfeeding after 2 weeks if it is not working out.
But... but... but... I don't want other women to give up on breastfeeding because they believe something to be true that really isn't true and I don't want you to be robbed of the opportunity to nurse your future children (if you want to) because you believe something that really isn't true.
If maternity leave policies were better in the US, the economic / job considerations would be less of an issue for women deciding whether or not to breastfeed.
Education during pregnancy rarely has anything serious to do with breastfeeding, and since breastfeeding is perceived by most pre-parenthood women to be a natural, instinctive thing instead of a learned behavior (on both mom & baby's part) if it doesn't go absolutely perfectly from the first moments they may feel something is wrong with THEM and clam up about it while quietly giving the baby the hospital - offered bottle along with the bag of formula samples they give out «just in case» even if you explicitly tell them you're breastfeeding (which was my experience with my firstborn in 2004 and one of the many highly informed reasons I chose to birth my next two at home).
Breastfeeding can be lonely when you're flying solo, but if you manage to find a group of women who are in the same nursing boat as you (and on the same feeding schedule), it can suddenly become a fun, bonding activity to share with fellow mamas.
Based on the findings, they estimated that about 720 infant deaths would be prevented annually if all American women breastfed their babies for the first year.
It's not an uncommon problem (even if it feels like you're the only breastfeeding woman in the world who is struggling to produce), and there are plenty of different ways to overcome low milk supply and sufficiently provide for your little.
«Despite the best of intentions, women are bombarded with messages that lead them to believe if they stray from breastfeeding they are potentially harming their newborn child....
Finally, if a woman is feeling pressured to breastfeed but she doesn't really want to, bottle feeding may be best for the mother infant relationship.
If a woman receives enough help and support in her breastfeeding journey, breastfeeding by far is much easier than bottle - feeding.
This is a common statement made and if women have problems breastfeeding they may feel like they are failing and give up.
Few, if any, professional tattoo artists will knowingly tattoo a woman who is currently breastfeeding.
There was also subtle pressure - the random older woman in a restaurant who asked me if I would be breastfeeding; the infant care classes where formula feeding wasn't even mentioned; the nurse on my maternity ward tour who warned us that we'd be woken up every two hours to nurse, and asked for a show of hands: how many in the group were going to be breastfeeding?
Many women mistakenly believe that they can not conceive if they are breastfeeding a child.
That's why my Bunny had such a hard time latching, and probably why so many women struggle with breastfeeding at first and end up supplementing (which is a bad road to go down if you want to breastfeed).
But take note of local attitudes as some countries find it offensive if a woman exposes her flesh, whether or not she is breastfeeding.
If breastfeeding is really something you want to shield your kids from seeing that is YOUR problem and If seeing a woman breastfeeding her five year old is not appealing to YOU that is YOUR problem, it is not the mother who simply wants to nurse her child's problem, nor should it be her concern either.
They did find, however, that women were more likely to be breastfeeding in the four months after birth if they delivered in a hospital that followed four of the ten steps outlined by the Initiative.
However, if a woman does not like breastfeeding or feels that it is some burden, by all means don't do it.
I felt I don't even have to know these pregnant women that I see walking down the street and I'm like «hey did you know you can get a breast pump through your insurance if you're breastfeeding
... Based on current knowledge, there is no medical evidence to indicate that in the general population, women of reproductive age are at higher risk of miscarriage or preterm delivery if they continue to breastfeed while pregnant.
Even if a woman plans to raise her baby on formula, she should consider breastfeeding for a week or two.
If all the mothers participating in the Women Infant Child program would breastfeed instead of buying formula for one month, the savings would be considerable.
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