Advantages
The amount of extra calories burned per day in a breastfeeding mom
What is 200-500?
The size of a newborn's stomach on day one
What is a shooter marble (5-7 ml)?
You should expect breastfeeding to hurt.
What is false?
When the baby is latched on properly, breastfeeding should not hurt.
The ring of pigmented skin surrounding the nipple
What is the areola?
Skin to skin holding.
What promotes bonding, reduces crying, and provides temperature, heart rate and blood sugar stability?
This is always at the right temperature and requires no preparation before feeding.
What is breastmilk?
Ways your baby would communicate to you that he/she is hungry.
Rooting, sucking on hands, sticking out tongue, crying.
Breastmilk has more vitamins than formula
What is True?
These immune components in breast milk help babies fight off infection.
What are antibodies?
Antibodies are little warriors in mom's body, that fight off germs. Babies don't have any of their own, so it is important that mom pass these along to the baby through breastfeeding so the baby gets sick less often.
Signs of a shallow latch.
What is sharp or pinching pain while breastfeeding?
The estimated cost of providing formula to a baby for one year.
What is $1700
Ways a partner can support the breastfeeding mother.
What is being kind, encouraging, changing baby's diaper before nighttime feedings, holding baby skin to skin, giving baby a bath.
While breastfeeding, caloric intake should increase by 1000 calories a day.
What is false?
An exclusively breastfeeding mother, on average, needs to take in an additional 300-500 calories per day.
The hormone responsible for milk ejection/ "let-down" and uterine contractions.
What is oxytocin?
Names of different breastfeeding positions
What are football hold , cross-cradle hold, side-lying, and cradle?
Ovarian Cancer, Breast Cancer, Type 2 Diabetes, Osteoperosis, Obesity, Rheumatoid Arthritis, and Heart Disease are some examples.
What are decreased risks for the mother if she breastfeeds?
The milk you have available for baby right after delivery...also called "liquid gold"
What is colostrum?
Babies should be sleeping through the night after the first few weeks.
What is false?
Tubes that carry milk through the breasts to the nipple
What are milk ducts?
Ways to obtain a deep latch?
What is aiming the nipple towards the roof of the baby's mouth, being sure his/her chin touches breast first, lips are flanged outward, and mom's fingers away from the areola?
Asthma, Eczema, Ear Infections, Diarrhea and Vomiting, Childhood Obesity, SIDS and Necrotizing Enterocolitis (a disease that effects the GI tract of premature babies) are some examples.
What are some childhood diseases the baby is less at risk for if they breastfeed?
Ways to know my baby is "getting enough"
What is weight gain, adequate diaper counts, noticeable swallowing (chin drop) during a feeding, baby is relaxed/satisfied after a feeding.
Mothers with breasts too large, too small, or with flat or inverted nipples will not be able to breastfeed.
What is false?
Mothers of all shapes, sizes and varieties can breastfeed. About 97% of all mothers can physically provide all of their babies' nutrition.
The alveoli make milk in response to this hormone.
What is Prolactin?
Baby is belly to belly with mom, shoulders in line with hips, head not turned to the side.
What are good body positions for the baby when breastfeeding?