Breastfeeding in difficult circumstances Flashcards
When does suck reflex begin?
34 weeks
What solves women’s worry of if they’ll have milk?
Lactogenesis 2 happens to everyone that delivers as a response to the reduction in progesterone
Preemies are usually kept in SCBU until…?
Due date
How can the conditioned response help women separated from their babies
Let-down reflex occurs just by the sound of baby’s cry
Use picture/video of baby, swap cloth
What do pre-eclamptic women’s placentas look like?
Infarcts (dead tissue), gritty- shows lack of blood supply to baby, therefore unable to lay down brown fat stores and struggles to feed
What does formula milk do to the gut?
Makes it more susceptible to infection
Donor milk= pasteurised therefore not as nutritious as mother’s
Mother’s milk has similar genetic makeup therefore reinforcing genes
Oxytocin can be influenced by…?
Inhibition (stress, anxiety. tense)- therefore mother must be relaxed