Breast feeding advice

montra · Jul 6, 2013

Anyone having problems? This may help.

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waltky · Aug 1, 2013

Uncle Ferd likes The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck `cause o' the way it ends...

WHO: Breast-Feeding Can Save Infants' Lives
August 01, 2013 The World Health Organization reports that exclusive breast-feeding until six months of age could prevent the deaths of more than 200,000 infants each year.

In order to mark World Breast-Feeding Week, August 1-7, a new WHO study finds few countries are implementing the International Code of Marketing of Breast-Milk Substitutes, 32 years after it was adopted. The WHO considers breast-feeding the best source of nourishment for infants and young children, describing it as a practice with lifelong health benefits. The agency says people who were breast-fed as babies are, for example, less likely to be overweight or obese later in life, and may be less prone to diabetes and more likely to perform better in intelligence tests. According to Dr. Carmen Casanovas, a breast-feeding expert with WHOs Department of Nutrition for Health and Development, nearly all mothers are physically able to breast-feed and will do so if they have accurate information and support.

However, she says, while data show fewer than four out of 10 children in the world are currently exclusively breast-fed, the practice could save an estimated 220,000 infant lives annually. "What is appropriate breast-feeding? It means starting breast-feeding within the first hour of life with skin-to-skin contact between mother and infant," she said. "Exclusive breast-feeding that is, that the baby is not receiving anything but breast milk during the first six months of life and continued breast-feeding with appropriate foods until two years of age or beyond." Casanovas says many women are discouraged from breast-feeding, or have been led to believe their children will get a better start in life if they are fed infant formula and other commercial substitutes for breast milk. The World Health Assembly adopted the International Code of Marketing of Breast-Milk Substitutes in 1981 to counter the aggressive marketing of these products to mothers by the industry.

WHO says infant formula does not contain the antibodies found in breast milk. It says infants in developing countries are at particular risk from the use of unsafe water and unsterilized equipment in making formula. It says babies can become malnourished because mothers may try to stretch supplies by over-diluting formula with water. While the code was created to protect mothers from dishonest promotional campaigns, Casanovas acknowledges it has not been markedly successful. She says the WHO study shows only one out of five countries in the world are fully implementing the code. She says it is essential countries adopt and adapt the code to meet their own situation. "They have to have a prohibition of advertisement of breast-milk substitutes; a prohibition of giving samples of breast-milk substitutes today in the health centers; a prohibition of giving gifts to the health workers, because sometimes it is not a sample, but it could be a trip to some place or any other type of gift," she said. "And a prohibition of advertising of giving samples to the mothers."

WHO says full implementation of the code is vital for reducing or eliminating all forms of promotion of breast-milk substitutes. The code is voluntary. It aims to control, not ban the marketing of these products. WHO says it is very important for countries to monitor the implementation of the code. It notes this document allows member states to sanction those who do not comply with the regulations. It says those found in breach of the code can be fined or punished in other ways.

WHO: Breast-Feeding Can Save Infants' Lives
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waltky · May 29, 2016

Breastfeeding mothers should monitor calcium intake...

Mothers urged to watch calcium
Wed, May 25, 2016 - DAILY INTAKE: National Taiwan University Hospital physician Chiu Wei-yih said that breastfeeding mothers should take 1,000mg to 2,500mg of calcium per day

Although rare, some new mothers can develop osteoporosis or bone fractures due to loss of calcium through breastfeeding, National Taiwan University Hospital doctors said on Monday. A 38-year-old woman surnamed Chen, who at the time was 153cm tall and weighed 47kg, gave birth to her first child last year and began breastfeeding, but reported back pain and a hunch, and was measured as 10cm shorter a few months later, the hospital said. Chen was diagnosed with osteoporosis and eight spinal compression fractures.

Chiu Wei-yih, an attending physician in the Internal Medicine Department who treated Chen, said that if a baby drinks about 700ml of breast milk per day, it would remove about 200ml of calcium from the mother, while she would lose about 100ml of calcium in her urine per day. Therefore, the mothers total loss of calcium would be more than the estimated 150ml taken in from food per day, Chiu said. He said that if mothers neglect their calcium intake, breastfeeding can cause reduced bone density, increased risk of osteoporosis and loss of height.

Tsai Keh-sung, a professor in the department, said mothers start providing calcium for the fetus from conception, while hormonal changes mean they absorb more calcium through the digestive tract. However, breastfeeding mothers will lose bone density rapidly if they do not consume sufficient calcium, he said, adding that in the past two years the hospital has treated five young mothers who had spinal compression fractures and loss of bone density due to breastfeeding.

Chiu said that although such cases are rare about five in 200,000 breastfeeding mothers should consume about 1,000mg to 2,500mg of calcium and 10mg to 50mg of vitamin D per day. Yang Rong-sen, an attending physician in the Department of Orthopedics, said mothers who have thinner bones, slender body types a body mass index of less than 18 or have more than one baby at a time face an increased risk of osteoporosis from breastfeeding. He urged pregnant women or women who have recently given birth to seek medical advice if they experience frequent back or waist pains or notice their height decreasing.

http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2016/05/25/2003647089
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waltky · Jun 23, 2017

A win for the mom, a win for the child...

Study Suggests Moms Who Breast-feed Have Lower Risk of Heart Disease Later
June 21, 2017 - A new study suggests a link between breast-feeding and a lowered risk of heart disease in older women.

The research by Chinese investigators found that women who breast-fed may have lowered their risk of heart disease or stroke by an average of 10 percent when they became older. Researchers at the Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Peking University and the University of Oxford analyzed data on 289,573 women whose average age was 51. They found that those who breast-fed had a 9 percent lower risk of heart disease and an 8 percent decreased risk of stroke, compared with women who had never nursed. The benefit was even greater for women who breast-fed their babies for two years or more. Their heart disease risk was 18 percent lower and the risk of stroke 17 percent less.

Each additional month of breast-feeding was associated with a 4 percent and 3 percent lower risk of heart disease and stroke, respectively, researchers said. The findings of the study, the first to look at the long-term health benefits of breast-feeding for women, were published in the Journal of the American Heart Association.

Hormone's possible role

Cardiologist Nieca Goldberg, who was not involved in the study, said the cardiovascular benefits could have been related to the release of oxytocin during breast-feeding. "Oxytocin is a hormone that helps the flexibility of our blood vessels," she said. "And flexible blood vessels are resistant to the buildup of plaque or cholesterol in the walls of the arteries." Breast-feeding provides a number of benefits, such as conferring a mother's immune protection to her infant and protecting a newborn from life-threatening infections in countries with poor water quality.

Mothers breast-feed their babies in Paris, Oct. 11, 2008, during a worldwide breast-feeding event.

There are short-term benefits for mothers, too. Studies indicate that breast-feeding appears to reset the woman's metabolism after pregnancy, so she loses baby weight faster, while lowering her cholesterol, blood pressure and glucose levels. Goldberg, medical director at the Joan H. Tisch Center for Women's Health in New York, said it was possible that women in the study who breast-fed, and saw heart healthy benefits, might have also led healthier lifestyles compared with other women.

Other strategies

"For those women who don't choose to breast-feed, there are other things they can do to prevent heart disease," said Goldberg. "And that's certainly by exercising, something as simple as taking a walk and eating a healthy diet, rich in fruits, vegetables, whole grains and low-fat proteins." Goldberg cautioned that the Chinese study was observational, relying on information provided by the mothers many years after they had given birth, so the findings do not prove a cause-and-effect relationship. She said what's needed is a head-to-head comparison of women who breast-feed with a control group of those who don't, to see whether there are long-term heart-healthy benefits.

https://www.voanews.com/a/study-sug...e-lower-risk-heart-disease-later/3910443.html
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UNICEF: Mother’s Milk Best For Newborn Babies
August 01, 2016 — [The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) warns that 77 million babies deprived of mother’s milk within the first crucial hours after birth are at great risk of dying within a month. To mark World Breastfeeding Week (August 1 to 7), UNICEF and the World Health Organization (WHO) are calling for newborns to be breastfed exclusively for six months.

UNICEF says newborns should be breastfed within the first hour of life. This provides them with the essential nutrients, antibodies and skin-to-skin contact with their mother that protects them from disease and death. UNICEF reports the longer breastfeeding is delayed, the higher the risk of death in the first month of life. It warns delaying breastfeeding by 24 or more hours after birth increases that risk to 80 percent. On the other hand, it notes more than 800,000 lives would be saved if all babies were fed nothing but mother’s milk from the moment they were born until six months of age.

Women breastfeed babies during a mass event in Athens, Greece

Unfortunately, the World Health Organization says this message is slow in getting through. WHO spokeswoman, Fadela Chaib, said new mothers are not receiving the support and encouragement they need to breast feed their babies. “The slogan this year is breastfeed anywhere, any time because it is also, as I said, the role of society to make this possible for mothers who want to breast feed. This being said, yes, it is an old problem. We have always been advocating for more breastfeeding because we are convinced of the benefit of breastfeeding. It is really the ideal food for infants,” said Chaib. For example, she said, breastfeeding protects children against many common illnesses. Breastfed children perform better on intelligence tests, are less likely to be overweight or obese and less prone to diabetes later in life.

Chaib told VOA that inappropriate marketing of infant formula continues to undermine efforts to get women to breastfeed their babies. “We are not against them producing this kind of milk. What we are against is the fact that they promote it as if it is the same value that the milk of the mother. It is a lie. It is not the same,” said Chaib. Progress in getting more newborns breastfed within the first hour of life has been slow over the past 15 years. Surveys show in sub-Saharan Africa, where under-five mortality rates are the highest in the world, early breastfeeding rates have remained unchanged.

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