Why is Breastfeeding Important for your Baby? Breast milk is best for your baby‚ and the benefits of breastfeeding extend even beyond basic nutrition. Breast milk not only contains all the basic nutrients that your baby will need in the initial months but also it is packed with disease-fighting substances that protect your baby from illness. And this is the reason why Pediatrics recommends exclusive breastfeeding for the first six months. Although any amount of breast feeding is good but at-least
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BREASTFEEDING PROMOTION INTRODUCTION: This essay is focused on breastfeeding as a key public health issue in health promotion in midwifery practice. After presenting a case study involving a client who has a potential breastfeeding issue‚ the aim will is to achieve a positive outcome using health promotion models. Relevant theories and literature are then explored and the implications for midwifery practice and care planning critically evaluated. The protection‚ promotion and support of breastfeeding
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decisions that parents make concerning their child’s health is how their child will be fed. One option is breast feeding‚ if it is possible. If not‚ an alternative method such as bottle feeding can be used. There has been much research and debate about the benefits of either breast feeding or bottle feeding. The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) recommends that for the first 6 months baby should be breastfed exclusively (DiSanto & DiSanto‚ 2012). The AAP also encourages mother to breast feed
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Breastfeeding Module – HUG 2121 This essay will explore various factors within breastfeeding‚ it will focus on the long and short term health benefits of breastfeeding‚ for both the mother and baby it will also discuss the reasons why women chose not to breastfeed‚ especially within the western society. Contributory factors such as social‚ psychological‚ cultural and political all contribute to the reasons women chose to breastfeed or not. WHO (2011)‚ suggests that breast milk provides the
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Breastfeeding in Pubic "Right" or Wrong Have you ever wondered what food is safe‚ effective‚ and readily assessable? That is engineered to individual needs‚ environmentally friendly‚ painless‚ offers long term protection‚ is free and as a side effect is a weight loss method? Could you imagine someone being discriminated against for using such a great product? Breastfeeding is the oldest form of feeding a child. It has existed since the beginning of time. In fact‚ out of all the mammals that
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throughout childhood‚ the teens and early twenties‚ but from birth to about the age of three is an unparalelled period of growth for the human child. In order to sustain this rapid growth period as well as the growth spurts that follow‚ proper nutrition is essential. Through the mid 20th century‚ as bottle feeding became more and more popular‚ the decline in breastfeeding was dramatic. A mere 25 percent of mothers were breastfeeding their newborns (Papalia‚ Olds & Feldman‚ 2008). Unfortunately‚ little
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The Pros and Cons of public breastfeeding. Topic: The Cons of public breastfeeding. Specific Purpose: Inform the audience of the different views of breastfeeding in public. Thesis Statement: You must understand that people share many different views on public breastfeeding. Introduction Attention
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finding that any type of confrontation relating to their breastfeeding difficult to deal with‚ as they feel it is a personal attack towards them. It can create unsettling feelings for a mother‚ and could soon end confident breastfeeding in public‚ and even at home. But mothers and families around Australia are now fighting for it to be socially accepted. Recently in Queensland controversy has sparked when a mother was simply breastfeeding at a public pool while watching her children. She was approached
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The health benefits of breastfeeding are well established in the literature and also in history. Let’s face it babies have been breastfed since the beginning of time. Improved resistance to infectious illness: Breastfeeding provides the infant with many immunological benefits and protects against infectious diseases. The mother’s immune system is more mature than a baby’s over time the mother has had the opportunity to build resistance to many disease causing pathogens. This protection is passed
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Breastfeeding in Public: A Woman’s Right or Crime Women were born blessed with the ability to offer the most natural and beautiful act a mother can do for her child. Breastfeeding is a treasurable bond shared between mother and child. Controversy arises when nursing mothers choose to perform feedings in public areas. Select groups of people view breastfeeding in public places as indecent and offensive. It is to be determined if it is a women’s right to breastfeed her child anywhere she deems suitable
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