Sentences with phrase «weeks of exclusive breastfeeding»

After a few weeks of exclusive breastfeeding it felt like we had never been apart.

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I didn't perform some sort of magic that I can pass on, I just had the good fortune to have it work out with a minimum of fuss... I know a mum who has struggled for weeks and months, expressing, sns - ing, mixed feeding, and then getting from that point back to exclusive breastfeeding, only to have baby point - blank refuse the breast a few weeks down the line and having to at last admit defeat.

This discussion has included the questions of whether exclusive breastfeeding is safe and whether all babies should be supplemented in the first week after birth.

Conclusion: The vast majority of new mothers received formula sample packs at discharge, and this was associated with reduced exclusive breastfeeding at 10 weeks and 6 months.

«the early, prolonged, and continuous skin - to - skin contact between the mother (or substitute) and her low birth weight infant, both in hospital and after early discharge, until at least the 40th week of postnatal gestation age, with ideally exclusive breastfeeding and proper follow - up» (Cattaneo, Davanzo, Uxa 1998).

Results of the analyses continue to confirm that all forms of extra support analyzed together showed a decrease in cessation of «any breastfeeding», which includes partial and exclusive breastfeeding (average risk ratio (RR) for stopping any breastfeeding before six months 0.91, 95 % confidence interval (CI) 0.88 to 0.95; moderate - quality evidence, 51 studies) and for stopping breastfeeding before four to six weeks (average RR 0.87, 95 % CI 0.80 to 0.95; moderate - quality evidence, 33 studies).

All forms of extra support together also showed a decrease in cessation of exclusive breastfeeding at six months (average RR 0.88, 95 % CI 0.85 to 0.92; moderate - quality evidence, 46 studies) and at four to six weeks (average RR 0.79, 95 % CI 0.71 to 0.89; moderate quality, 32 studies).

Although not directly comparable, our findings are in broad agreement with those from routine data in Scotland that have indicated a positive association between Baby Friendly accreditation, but not certification, and breastfeeding at 1 week of age.17 Our findings reinforce those of Coutinho and colleagues who reported that high exclusive breastfeeding rates achieved in Brazilian hospitals implementing staff training with the course content of the Baby Friendly Hospital Initiative were short - lived and not sustained at home unless implemented in combination with post-natal home visits.35 Similarly in Italy, training of staff with an adapted version of the Baby Friendly course content resulted in high breastfeeding rates at discharge, with a rapid decrease in the days after leaving hospital.36 In contrast, a cluster randomized trial in Belarus (PROBIT) found an association between an intervention modelled on the Baby Friendly Initiative with an increased duration of breastfeeding37 an association also reported from an observational study in Germany.38 Mothers in Belarus stay in hospital post-partum for 6 — 7 days, and in Germany for 5 days, with post-natal support likely to be particularly important in countries where mothers stay in the hospital for a shorter time, with early discharge likely to limit the influence of a hospital - based intervention.

It highlighted the need for establishing exclusive breastfeeding in the early postnatal weeks and suggested the need for a continuum of pre - and postnatal strategies to encourage exclusive breastfeeding (Semenic et al., 2008).

Likewise, stopping exclusive breastfeeding before four to six weeks postpartum was not explicitly reported, however, it appears that 12 out of 16 women in the telephone support group and six out of six women in the usual care group stopped exclusive breastfeeding before four weeks.

They looked at the number of women stopping any or exclusive breastfeeding before four weeks after giving birth and before six months, without any clear improvements provided by the intervention.

For a variety of reasons, including the lack of breastfeeding counselling, still too many mothers stop exclusive breastfeeding within a few weeks after delivery.

Professionals who underestimate the importance of their advice or believe they do not have time to encourage exclusive breastfeeding are more likely to have patients who discontinue exclusive or any breastfeeding by 12 weeks (Taveras, 2004; Taveras, Capra 2003).

Likewise, stopping exclusive breastfeeding before four to six weeks postpartum was not explicitly reported, however it appears that five out of five women in the home nurse visit group and five out of seven women in the usual care group stopped exclusive breastfeeding before four weeks.

I'm currently trying to breastfeed my 3 - week - old son after more than 2 weeks of exclusive pumping due to his hospitalisation at the NICU.

Where possible, it is recommended that researchers clarify the timeframe of the exclusive breastfeeding assessment or to assess it in multiple timeframes (i.e., since birth, in the past month, week, or day).

Although there were no important differences in breastfeeding duration between groups, there was a considerably longer duration of exclusive breastfeeding (which was defined as providing only breast milk for the previous 24 h, but did allow formula less than once per week) among women receiving the research bags (either alone or in combination with the research counseling [P < 0.01, 1 - tailed log rank test]-RRB- versus those not receiving research bags.

The scorecard was released at the start of World Breastfeeding Week alongside a new analysis demonstrating that an annual investment of only US$ 4.70 per newborn is required to increase the global rate of exclusive breastfeeding among children under six months to 50 per Breastfeeding Week alongside a new analysis demonstrating that an annual investment of only US$ 4.70 per newborn is required to increase the global rate of exclusive breastfeeding among children under six months to 50 per breastfeeding among children under six months to 50 per cent by 2025.

We found that a minority of mothers strongly value the benefits of exclusive breastfeeding, even among those who intend to exclusively breastfeed in the first few weeks postpartum.

Only few mothers who intended to exclusively breastfeed in the first few weeks postpartum and who reported strong value of exclusive breastfeeding could exclusively breastfeed for 3 months.

Comparison 1 All forms of support versus usual care, Outcome 4 Stopping exclusive breastfeeding at up to 4 - 6 weeks.

This update of the review considered the evidence of the effect of breastfeeding support interventions on primary outcomes of stopping any or exclusive breastfeeding before four to six weeks and at up to six months postpartum.

For cessation of exclusive breastfeeding at up to four to six weeks there appears to be differential treatment effect according to the number of support contacts, with four to eight contacts the most effective schedule.

Measured the duration of any and exclusive breastfeeding as the age of the infant in weeks when the participant completely stopped breastfeeding and first introduced infant formula, respectively.

We judged all outcomes to be of moderate quality - stopping «any» breastfeeding at up to six months; «any» breastfeeding between four to six weeks; stopping exclusive breastfeeding at up to six months; or stopping exclusive breastfeeding between four to six weeks; all analyses had substantial heterogeneity even with a random - effects model.

For cessation of exclusive breastfeeding by four to six weeks the test for subgroup differences indicates a possible differential treatment effect (test for subgroup differences: Chi ² = 7.12, df = 2 (P = 0.03), I ² = 71.9 %).

Comparison 5 All forms of support versus usual care: SUBGROUP ANALYSIS - breastfeeding initiation, Outcome 4 Stopping exclusive breastfeeding at up to 4 - 6 weeks.

Comparison 2 All forms of support versus usual care: SUBGROUP ANALYSIS - who delivered the intervention, Outcome 4 Stopping exclusive breastfeeding at up to 4 - 6 weeks.

There was a reduction in the cessation of exclusive breastfeeding within the first six months and at up to four to six weeks when lay support was used, although in view of considerable within - subgroup heterogeneity, these findings should be interpreted with caution.

In the previous version of this review, we included 24 studies with 7693 women in the analysis of women who had stopped exclusive breastfeeding before four to six weeks.

Results indicated that exposure to the intervention did not affect mother report of any breastfeeding (ABF) during the first week postpartum, but it did affect mother report of exclusive breastfeeding (EBF).