Breastfeeding Facts
This organisation recommends that newborns should be fed nothing but breastmilk
What is the World Health Organisation (WHO) and American Academy of Pediatrics?
The WHO and AAP recommend exclusive breastfeeding for 6 months, followed by breastfeeding in combination with the introduction of complementary foods up to 2 years or beyond
Your baby can get your breastmilk more easily if he takes a big mouthful of breast
What is using simple language?
Black stool in diaper on Day 1
What is meconium?
My nipples are sore and very painful when baby feeds
What is a poor latch?
Newborns should eat this many times per day.
What is at least 8 - 12 times in 24 hours?
The hormone responsible for milk ejection and uterine contractions.
What is oxytocin?
Are you having any breastfeeding challenges?
What is a closed question?
Following birth the best practice to promote bonding and breastfeeding
What is skin to skin?
My nipples were sore and I gave my baby a bottle...now he's having problems latching
What is nipple confusion?
Around 3 weeks, 6 weeks, 3 months, and 6 months old a baby may wake more often and need to be fed more often. This is often attributed to this process going on in the baby.
What is a growth spurt?
Growth spurts sometimes cause moms to think they are losing their milk supply--
Explain why?
The first milk mom makes, full of antibodies and immunoglobulins, its appearance is yellow and sticky and often is also called "baby's first immunization"
What is Colostrum?
Smiling and nodding when speaking to a mother
What is using helpful non-verbal communication?
Free samples of formula given to mother when leaving hospital
What is violating the Code?
(The International Code of Marketing of Breastmilk Substitutes)
A painful small white spot on tip of nipple.
What is a nipple bleb?
Breastmilk helps your baby get ready for solid foods and may keep him or her from being a picky eater because it does this.
What is expose your baby to the tastes of the foods you eat?
Stop or slowing suckling, relaxing hands and arms, and falling asleep at the breast can be signs of
What is end of a feeding?
You are not holding baby properly
What is using judging words?
Usually, the most helpful position for a newborn
What is the cross-cradle hold?
My breasts are hard and my nipples are now flat and baby cannot latch on
What is engorgement?
A baby's stomach is the size of this object when they are born.
What is a shooter marble?
Explain size:
At 3 days
At 10 days
Sebaceous (oil) glands around the nipple that become more pronounced during pregnancy.
What are Montgomery glands?
Your friend says that you should eat every time before breastfeeding the baby?
What is reflecting back what the mother says?
Mother supports breast with palm of hand and 3 outer fingers support baby's chin and cheeks
What is the dancer hand position or hold?
Feeling ill, fever of 101oF or greater, painful tender swollen breast with reddish, sensitive area
What is mastitis?
When the breast is full of milk there is a whey protein in the milk that tells your body to do this.
What is slow down the production of milk?
This protein is called Feedback Inhibitor of Lactation (FIL).