Sentences with phrase «infants by nursing mothers»

Two case reports and two small case series subsequently have provided reassuring evidence regarding the limited amount of drug transferred to the infant through breast milk and the lack of adverse side effects noted in infants by nursing mothers.5 — 8

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And again: «Consider the little infants, united and joined to the breasts of their nursing mothers, you will see that from time to time they press themselves closer by little starts to which the pleasure of sucking prompts them.

Also known as «mother's milk» it is the first milk produced by a nursing mother and is responsible for activating and rapidly developing the infant's immune response shortly after birth.

According to The Nursling: The Feeding and Hygiene of Premature and Full - Term Infants, excessive alcohol intake by a nursing mother can cause unnatural weight gain in babies.

By mid-century, only a quarter of American mothers left the hospital nursing their babies; the majority turned to infant formula.

New labeling rules proposed by the FDA expand this information significantly, offering breastfeeding mothers a detailed explanation of a drug's risks and ways to minimize a nursing infant's exposure.

A healthy infant being nursed by a healthy mother does not need any additional vitamins or nutritional supplements, with the exception of vitamin D.

From La Leche League's website, «Research has shown that healthy, full - term breastfeeding infants have a remarkable ability to regulate their own milk intake when they are allowed to nurse «on cue» and that mothers» rates of milk production are closely related to how much milk their babies take... Human beings have survived and flourished because mothers have met these needs by responding freely to their babies» cues and behavior, particularly their feeding behaviors.»

Breastfeeding may be performed by the infant's mother or by a surrogate, typically called a wet nurse.

By following safe preparation and storage techniques, nursing mothers and caretakers of breastfed infants and children can maintain the high quality of expressed breast milk and the health of the baby.

Aspirin should be avoided by nursing mothers because its blood - thinning properties can cause rashes or bleeding abnormalities in breastfed infants.

By the time the labor nurse and midwife attended the mother and delivered the baby, the infant was blue and unresponsive.

Levonorgestrel concentrations in maternal and infant serum during use of subdermal levonorgestrel contraceptive implants, Norplant by nursing mothers.

Drug exposure to the nursing infant may be minimized by having the mother take the medication just after she has breastfed the infant or just before the infant is due to have a lengthy sleep period.

As a pediatrician, I encourage expectant mothers to exclusively nurse their infants if at all possible (a position fully supported by the American Academy of Pediatrics).

Nuala Murphy, RN, IBCLC, Nursing Supervisor - Lactation Services and team a big THANK YOU for all your hard work and commitment over the years by improving the outcomes of mothers and infants in your community!

Black non-Hispanic mothers» perceptions about the promotion of infant - feeding methods by nurses and physicians

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.»

«We hope that by vaccinating the mother, who will eventually nurse the baby, we will improve infant immunity against TB,» Walker said.

Donor milk banks in some hospitals are looking to improve infant health by distributing breast milk donated by other nursing mothers.

Human breast tissue and breast milk contain higher concentrations of iodine than the thyroid gland itself, which contains just 30 % of the body's iodine stores.18, 36,370 Breast tissue is rich in the same iodine - transporting proteins used by the thyroid gland to take up iodine from the blood.18, 38 The evolutionary reasons for this are clear: iodine is essential to the developing newborn brain, so the mother's body must have a direct means of supplying iodine to the nursing infant.18, 39

One evaluation conducted in Queensland, Australia, reported moderate reductions in depressive symptoms for mothers in the intervention group at the six - week follow - up.89 A subsequent follow - up, however, suggested that these benefits were not long lasting, as the depression effects had diminished by one year.90 Similarly, Healthy Families San Diego identified reductions in depression symptoms among program mothers during the first two years, but these effects, too, had diminished by year three.91 In Healthy Families New York, mothers at one site (that was supervised by a clinical psychologist) had lower rates of depression at one year (23 percent treatment vs. 38 percent controls).92 The Infant Health and Development program also demonstrated decreases in depressive symptoms after one year of home visiting, as well as at the conclusion of the program at three years.93 Among Early Head Start families, maternal depressive symptoms remained stable for the program group during the study and immediately after it ended, but decreased just before their children entered kindergarten.94 No program effects were found for maternal depression in the Nurse - Family Partnership, Hawaii Healthy Start, Healthy Families Alaska, or Early Start programs.

However, the outcomes were measured only 1 — 2 weeks after the baby was born (1 +).12 The introduction of the Nursing Child Assessment Teaching Scale programme in the NICU made no significant difference to parental stress levels and maternal — infant interactions when assessed at discharge and at 3 months after discharge (1 +).20 One RCT found that coaching parents on how to interact with their preterm infant made no difference to knowledge of care, sensitivity to the infant or satisfaction in parenting compared with the control group (1 ---RRB-.21 However, this may have been confounded by the amount of contact that the control mothers had with the researchers, as these mothers reported that they enjoyed having someone show an interest in them.

Parental sensitivity (as measured by, for example, the Ainsworth Sensitivity Scale (ASS)(Ainsworth 1969), Child - Adult Relationship Experimental Index (CARE - Index)(Crittenden 2001), Parental Sensitivity Assessment Scale (PSAS)(Hoff 2004), Coding Interactive Behaviour (CIB)(Feldman 1998), Emotional Availability (EA) Scales (Biringen 2000), Global Ratings Scales of Mother - Infant Interaction (GRS)(Murray 1996), Maternal Behaviour Q - sort (MBQS)(Pederson 1999) or Nursing Child Assessment Teaching Scale (NCATS)(Sumner 1994)-RRB-.

Studies suggest that breastfed children are significantly less likely than are their bottle - fed peers to be obese; develop asthma; have autoimmune diseases, such as Type 1 diabetes; and be diagnosed with childhood cancers.7 Moreover, infant feeding practices appear to be associated with cognitive ability during childhood: Full - term infants who are breastfed, as opposed to bottle - fed, score three to six points higher on IQ tests.8 Family support providers can influence the initiation and continuation of breastfeeding by promoting, teaching, and supporting nursing; states can maximize potential benefits by tracking how many mothers start and continue breastfeeding for at least three months.