Essay on Importance of Breastfeeding

Pediatrics (AAP), the American Medical Association (AMA), and the World Health Organizations (WHO) recommend breastfeeding is the best choice for babies. Women who are physically able should try to breastfeed their baby because of all the wonderful benefits. Furthermore, research has shown that Breastfeeding is the most natural source of nourishment and security for your new baby. Breastfeeding also has many benefits for both mother and baby. Not only is human milk easily digestible versus…

Nguyen's world. Every mom has a different comfort level when it comes to breastfeeding in public. For me, I was extremely nervous, and it took me some time to build my confidence and get used to my new routine. If you're a breastfeeding mom, you know that breastfeeding in public is sometimes unavoidable. So today I'm going to share with you my tips to help you feel more confident about breastfeeding in public. Tip # Nurse right before your activities. (Or as my…

the many questions of breast feeding such as: what are the advantages of breastfeeding, why would a mother not choose to breast feed, what are some challenges of breastfeeding, and how can the father assist the mother in breast feeding process. There are many advantages to breastfeeding. Babies are expensive, plain and simple. With everything from clothes, diapers, furniture, car seats, and much more. The benefit to breastfeeding is it’s free! Also, with breast milk it’s ready without needing…

Breastfeeding has been around for centuries, but has recently become a controversial topic. It has been considered immoral for a woman to breastfeed her child in public. Breastfeeding in public should be socially acceptable and continued to be protected by law. It is a natural action that is healthy for the child and the mother; it should also be socially acceptable because it is only considered immoral because of the constant sexualization of the woman’s body. Breastfeeding was normal for…

benefits to both the infant and the mother. Breastfeeding is linked to many benefits such as to reducing risk of diabetes, certain forms of cancers, bacterial and viral infections respiratory illnesses, and obesity in children. For mothers, breastfeeding lowers risk of certain cancers, the incidence of type 2 diabetes, developing osteoporosis, the occurrence of postpartum depression as well as reduce rates of obesity by increasing postpartum weight loss. Breastfeeding also has economic benefits.…

Neonatal care is a huge issue in the United States. Neonatal care has rescued so many premature babies over the years due to the new technology that has been made. Many people believe that neonatal care is a great priority and some people are apposed to this idea, that these children aren 't even worth saving. Neonatal care is the care of premature or ill newborn infants. The issue of premature and ill infants isn 't a new problem. It wasn 't until 1922 that hospitals started grouping these…

Healthy (full-term infants) are born at 37 weeks of gestation and healthy (preterm infants) are born at 34 weeks or later. Weight is the main source of assessing newborn health; full term infants should weigh about 5.5 to 8.5lbs and are 18.5 to 21.5 inches. Infant’s calorie needs are assessed by evaluating their weight, growth rate, sleep/wake cycle, temperature and climate, physical activity, metabolic response to food, and health status or recovery from illness. Length boards and scales are…

Interviewer: Okay, let 's talk about the breastfeeding resources that you used. What did you like about the breastfeeding specialist Careena? Interviewee: She was a 24 hour resource, no matter what time of day it was or time of night it was, she was just there for me more than a lot of people. I don’t know, it would sometimes be late and I have questions and instead of calling my mom I just text her or if my mom was already at work I would text her instead of calling my mom, because I knew…

Breastfeeding is something that is essential to a woman’s health as well as her child’s. Breastfeeding is an act that should be looked at as something natural world wide. However, when it is done publically is when it becomes an issue. Some countries don’t have as many problems as the citizens of the United States do with woman breastfeeding in public. In the article “Is the Breast Better?” , Elizabeth Vargas says, “America has one of the lowest breastfeeding rates of any industrialized…

unnecessary procedures. This overuse is detrimental in a variety of ways. The overuse of Caesarean sections in the United States has negative financial impacts, as well as negative health impacts on mothers and babies, especially in the form of lowered breastfeeding rates. The financial impact of unnecessary C-sections in the United States is astronomical. WHO estimates that C-sections in the United States cost approximately $687,167,996 per year (Gibbons, et al., 2010). That is nearly $700…