Those extra two months
of exclusive breastfeeding seem to make a significant difference regarding these health issues.
Not exact matches
And do
breastfeeding advocates, who mostly
seem to have found
breastfeeding so straightforward and simple that they are at a complete loss as to why other people find it difficult, really understand what it is like as a new mum — with an overwhelming instinct to calm and nurture their baby — to deny their baby food in the name
of «
exclusive breastfeeding».
When given exclusively,
breastfeeding reduces the risk
of infectious diseases in infants in developing countries.21, 22 In industrialized countries,
exclusive breastfeeding during the first 6 months
seems to decrease the risk
of gastrointestinal tract infections, compared with
exclusive breastfeeding during only the first 3 to 4 months.23, 24 On the basis
of these and other reports, the World Health Organization recommended in 2001 that all children be exclusively
breastfeed for 6 months instead
of 4 months.
Exclusive breastfeeding seems to decrease the risk
of infectious diseases in infancy.
Some
of my academic friends in the UK
seem to think that we should return to 4 months
of exclusive breastfeeding...
«A lot
of the protective effects we see in pregnancy [such as fewer relapses, which is also associated with
exclusive breastfeeding] do
seem to be hormonal — one theory suggests this may be mediated by changing levels
of estriol during pregnancy and postpartum,» noted Lucassen, who was not involved in the study.
Although some SIDS experts and policy - makers endorse pacifier use recommendations that are similar to those
of the AAP, 272,273 concerns about possible deleterious effects
of pacifier use have prevented others from making a recommendation for pacifier use as a risk reduction strategy.274 Although several observational studies275, — , 277 have found a correlation between pacifiers and reduced
breastfeeding duration, the results
of well - designed randomized clinical trials indicated that pacifiers do not
seem to cause shortened
breastfeeding duration for term and preterm infants.278, 279 The authors
of 1 study reported a small deleterious effect
of early pacifier introduction (2 — 5 days after birth) on
exclusive breastfeeding at 1 month
of age and on overall
breastfeeding duration (defined as any
breastfeeding), but early pacifier use did not adversely affect
exclusive breastfeeding duration.
The duration
of the intervention also
seems to be an important factor for
exclusive breastfeeding.
The authors note the effect
of exclusive breastfeeding «
seems to be plausible» since disease activity returned in the second half
of the postpartum year in exclusively
breastfeeding women, corresponding to the introduction
of supplemental feedings and the return
of menstruation.
Exclusive breastfeeding seemed to drop the odds of ROP by 75 percent compared to exclusive for
Exclusive breastfeeding seemed to drop the odds
of ROP by 75 percent compared to
exclusive for
exclusive formula use.