Breastfeeding and postpartum depression: Assessing the influence
of breastfeeding intention and other risk factors.
Not exact matches
When I found out I was having twins, I had every
intention of breastfeeding both, if only to save money.
«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....
New evidence on
breastfeeding and postpartum depression: the importance
of understanding women's
intentions.
Even the CDC, on a webpage explaining its 2010
Breastfeeding Report Card project, emphasizes that in our country, «too few hospitals participate in the global program to recognize best practices in supporting breastfeeding mothers and babies, known as the Baby - Friendly Hospital Initiative,» an initiative that puts heavy controls on the use of formula in institutional settings - even if the parents have expressed no intention t
Breastfeeding Report Card project, emphasizes that in our country, «too few hospitals participate in the global program to recognize best practices in supporting
breastfeeding mothers and babies, known as the Baby - Friendly Hospital Initiative,» an initiative that puts heavy controls on the use of formula in institutional settings - even if the parents have expressed no intention t
breastfeeding mothers and babies, known as the Baby - Friendly Hospital Initiative,» an initiative that puts heavy controls on the use
of formula in institutional settings - even if the parents have expressed no
intention to
breastfeed.
These kits, which are given to all new moms (even those stating their
intention to
breastfeed), amount to a tacit endorsement by the medical community
of formula feeding over
breastfeeding.
Now, at 13 months, Katy is still
breastfeeding and I think she has no
intention to stop anytime soon and neither do I. I can honestly say that I love
breastfeeding... most
of the time!
Myths about
breastfeeding are pervasive in our culture, which causes even well -
intentioned folks to be misinformed about the importance
of breastfeeding for the health
of mom and baby.
Regardless
of the
intentions (and I do believe that many people's
intentions are good) continuing to tell women that they «should» do something or «have to» do something else, when
breastfeeding, puts unnecessary pressure on mothers, particular new mothers, who are trying to figure out their new role as «mom.»
Perceived infant feeding preferences
of significant family members and mothers»
intentions to exclusively
breastfeed.
But as a blogger who is privileged to hear the personal stories
of many readers, I also know that lots
of well -
intentioned women find out in the hospital that they can't
breastfeed for a variety
of reasons, or they feel (or are advised) that formula supplementation is needed.
In fact, I have zero
intentions of stopping
breastfeeding him any time soon.
I am so glad your
breastfeeding journey is going well and you reached the six months mark with no
intention of stopping yet.
My daughter had absolutely no
intention of breastfeeding until her son was born 7 weeks premature, due to her development
of toxemia.
While the
intention is good, a lot
of the advice for boosting supply is readily available on many
breastfeeding websites and mother to mother forums online.
She said: «My
intention in making a comment about the importance
of breastfeeding has nothing to do with the law.»
«A mother's prenatal
intention to
breastfeed is influenced to a great extent by the opinion and support
of the healthcare providers she encounters.
The Association
of Prenatal Media Marketing Exposure Recall with
Breastfeeding Intentions, Initiation, and Duration
I had every
intention of breastfeeding my second, and before we left the hospital, it just wasn't working out for us.
But in a subsequent entry on her blog, she said: «My
intention in making a comment about the importance
of breastfeeding has nothing to do with the law.
We had the greatest
intentions of my wife
breastfeeding our twins.
Predelivery
breastfeeding intentions of women and their relationship with subsequent
breastfeeding behaviors were examined also.
We talked about extended
breastfeeding and why we had the
intention of co-sleeping until our daughter feels ready to move to her own bed.
We examined
breastfeeding behaviors, periods
of vulnerability for
breastfeeding cessation, reasons for
breastfeeding cessation, and the association between predelivery
intentions and
breastfeeding behaviors.
Smokers with a strong
intention to
breastfeed were more likely to continue
breastfeeding that non-smokers with a low
intention to
breastfeed, i.e. the social factors were more important than the possible negative physiological effects
of nicotine on breast milk supply [78].
Although in this study information on
breastfeeding practice was reliant upon maternal recall at 9 months,
breastfeeding figures are in agreement with data collected prospectively in the UK Infant Feeding Survey conducted in 2000.32 Likewise, the validity
of maternal recall
of the circumstances
of pregnancy and delivery has been shown to be accurate.33 We were unable to adjust for maternal
intention to
breastfeed at antenatal booking, a factor shown to be important in previous studies34 as this information was not collected in the survey.
The babies were randomly assigned either to receive early limited formula (ELF), which consisted
of one - third
of an ounce
of infant formula by syringe following each
breastfeeding, or to continue with their
intention to
breastfeed exclusively.
As many as 7 %
of mother who deliver by C - section show no
intention of breastfeeding, as compared to between 1 - 3 %
of mother who choose vaginal delivery.
Many moms try
breastfeeding with the best
of intentions, but do not have the necessary support to get them through problems that arise, or even had bad advice to begin with.
But there's more to the public
breastfeeding movement than its squeakiest wheels, and believe it or not, even women who have no
intention of ever
breastfeeding, publicly or otherwise, still have a dog in this fight.
So many mothers I see have wound up with
breastfeeding problems such as low supply or their baby refusing to
breastfeed and preferring the bottle purely because
of a few well
intentioned comment.
After all, I had no
intention of breastfeeding any possible future babies.
I have learned a lot since those early
breastfeeding days and now that my baby boy has just turned one I have no
intention of weaning anytime soon.
But it does seem like most moms have
intentions of breastfeeding when their baby is born.
Perhaps most significant, in - hospital formula feeding dramatically reduced the likelihood
of later fully
breastfeeding as well as any
breastfeeding, even after adjusting for the strength
of the mothers»
intention to continue these practices.
So here is another mom who had no
intention of breastfeeding — maybe it's more common than I thought.
Mothers
of twins have been found to have lower
intentions to
breastfeed (Lustiv 2013), to be less likely to initiate
breastfeeding (Yokoyama 2006), and to be less likely to offer any
breastfeeding (Multiple Births Foundation 2011) or to
breastfeed exclusively (McAndrew 2012; Multiple Births Foundation 2011).
School - based
breastfeeding promotion programs hold promise for increasing knowledge
of breastfeeding and support for
breastfeeding, promoting positive attitudes, creating a culture where
breastfeeding is the norm, and increasing future
intentions to
breastfeed.»
In a systematic review
of school - based interventions aimed at modifying knowledge, attitudes, social norms and
intentions to
breastfeed, researchers concluded that «Overall, these studies demonstrated positive effects on perceptions and attitudes toward
breastfeeding and increased behavioral
intention of breastfeeding later in life.
All research shows that breast milk can clear Meconium faster than formula or
of course water so, it's, it's crucial it is truly medicine and that's why we even ask a mother who had no
intention of breastfeeding, if she had a baby go to the NICU lactation will be called because it's mother, baby separation and the baby is outpatient too and will go to their room and ask them «will they consider pumping while their baby is in the NICU?»
Many
breastfeeding mothers will return to work within a few months
of giving birth and have no
intention of quitting nursing.
My
intention, instead, is to encourage women who will be or want to be mothers to consider the benefits
of breastfeeding.)
OK, I understand the
intention here: we want to present a positive and encouraging image
of breastfeeding; no need to include close - ups
of open sores and bleeding nipples.
I had every
intention of breastfeeding.
Our
intention was to promote the importance
of breastfeeding and good nutrition throughout pregnancy and in early life, and ways
of supporting parents with their feeding choices.
Many new mothers dream
of breastfeeding their babies, but sometimes despite all
of our good
intentions and hard work, it doesn't work out.
Again, trust your instincts, follow the lead
of your baby and seek help from someone who knows about
breastfeeding, not the random family member or stranger who although they have the best
intentions, do not always have the best information.
I believed there was no one I could ask for words
of encouragement, so I kept my
intention to
breastfeed quiet.
When I delivered my first child, I had every
intention of breastfeeding.
And she was saying that, you know, despite the good
intentions of the hospital... You know, because the hospitals are trying to say: listen, let's just encourage
breastfeeding as much as possible, because if we don't do it, who's going to do it?