Breast Feeding- Ware Flashcards
ACOG recommends breast feeding until what age
6 mos. exclusively and up to 2 years or as long as mutually wanted thereafter.
Shelby County breast feeding rates (any breast feeding)
60% ish….which is about 20% below the national average
What’s the number one reason for not breastfeeding in TN?
Not wanting to…
Followed buy not liking it, going back to work, other kids to take care of, etc…
Reasons women stop in TN
1) not producing enough milk
2) Breast milk doesn;t satisfy the baby
3) Baby had difficulty nursong
Breast feeding rates are the lowest in what population?
- Non-hispanic black populations
- women under 20
- Women enrolled in WIC (Women, infants, and children food and nutrition services)
- women completing high school or less
- women that live in the southeast
Milk is species specific and age specific
ok
Colostrum
breast milk
Benefits of Colostrum
- High levels of immune protection (IgA)
- Milk composition changes to match infant needs ( Protein and sodium decrease as fat and lactose increase over the first 4-7 days)
Risk reductions for babies
- Lower respiratiry infection (72%)
- Otitis media (50%)
- Gastroenteritis ( 64%)
- Necrotizing enterocolitis (77%)
- etc,,, SIDS, Obesity, T1 and T2 Diabetes
Risk Reductions for mothers
- Type 2 Diabetes
- Premenopausal breast cancer
- Post partum depression
- Ovarian Cancer
- CV disease
Women who have had breast surgery (augmentation)
May be able to breast feed unless there is complete severance of the lactiferous ducts.
improved breast feeding prognosis if nipple and areola left on pedicle during surgery
ok
Who should not be breastfed
- classic glactosemia in the infant. Basically lactose intolerance in the infant
- maternal TB or varicella
- HTLV (Human T Lymphotrophic virus) –> Mothers receiving radioactive isotopes
- Mothers on antimetabolites or chemotherapy
- Street drugs
- ## Moms with herpes on the breast
Hepatitis B, Hepatitis C, environmental chemicals, CMV carriers, tobacco users, alcohl drnkers, infant hyperbilirubinemia
NOT Contraindications for breast feeding
How many lobes in a mature mammary gland
6-10