Breast feeding

Question 1

Expressed Breast milk storage

Answer 1

At room temperature - 6 to 8 hours
Refrigerator-24 hours
freezer at -20°C — 3 months

Question 2

what are the contraindications for Breast feeding?

Answer 2

absolute contraindications:-
a) Lactose intolerance (congenital Lactase deficiency)
b) Galactosemia
c) mother on chemotherapy/Radiotherapy

Relative contraindications:-
a) HIV mother (mother has to take antiretroviral therapy & baby has to take nevirapine prophylaxis)

b) Tuberculosis If mother is on anti tubercular treatment / has completed less than2 weeks

c) Herpes simplex /herpes zoster Lesions on breast

Question 3

what is preterm milk and compare it with breast Milk?

Answer 3

Milk secreted by mother who has delivered a preterm baby

it contains more sodium, Protein, Iron, sugars than normal breast milk.

Question 4

what are types of Breast milk, when they are secreted, what does they contion?

Answer 4

colostrum first 3-4 days - Thick yellowish with high fat content & Immunoglobulin IgA
- Transitional milk. 5-14 day’s after birth-portion content & increase fat, sugars concert
mature milk-After 14 days
fore milk thrist of childr,nh in water
hind milk,-rich in fat satiety - satiety Hunger demand of char