Essay on Importance of Breastfeeding

Introduction: It is evident that breastfeeding your infant exclusively for 6 months has an enormous amount of benefits for the mother and infant. When the infant is breastfed they will receive many more benefits than being formula fed. For example if the infant is breastfed they will notice less ear infections, SIDS, a decrease in obesity and in asthma. Infants who are breastfed for 6 months or longer appear to have better social and medical benefits. However when the mother adds drugs and…

Peace, Love, and Breastfeeding. When it comes to breastfeeding in public, mothers are always told to cover-up, to leave the premises to an area where they cannot be seen, or heard away from the rest of the public. Why is public nursing such a controversial issue in today’s society? Society has developed a overly sexualized view of breast that it has become a big issue when mothers make the decision to breastfeed their child in public. In most cases, mothers are even openly asked and sometimes…

nurture your infant for the first few months of his or her life is crucial. The nutrition infants receive from their mother after birth gives them the start in life that 's needed for him/her to grow and develop. Although most of us are aware that breastfeeding for the first 6 months on life is the best for children because it contains antibodies, and easy to digest protein and nutrients. However, many mothers of very low birth weight (VLBW) infants encounter a problem with insufficient milk…

Public breastfeeding is a huge topic for debate all around the world. We all must understand that people share many different views on public breastfeeding. Breastfeeding is the nourishing of children with milk from a lady 's breast. Breastfeeding is prescribed to start inside of the main hour of a child 's life and it be permitted as frequently and as much as the infant needs. An infant should be committed to being breastfed for eight to twelve times each day, each time for a few hours.…

of the benefits to breastfeeding include allergies are less likely to develop with breastfeeding. Immunologic properties from the mother help to prevent the infant from contracting infections. There is a lower incidence of the infant being diagnosed with diabetes, asthma, obesity, cancer, and sudden infant death syndrome. Breastfeeding is less likely to result in overfeeding and constipation is rare. There are also benefits for the mother as well when it comes to breastfeeding. Oxytocin release…

Mom is not able to state how much milk he is ingesting due to breastfeeding. Habits: He woke up every 2-3h to feed at the hospital. Since he is home he has been showing increased fussiness and crying during last 48h. Mom has been feeding him every 2h. No exposure to tobacco at home. Development: Suckling tongue movements…

To no surprise, the American Academy of Pediatrics, alongside most infant and women’s health organizations, recommends exclusive breastfeeding for the first six months of life. The benefits of breastfeeding are plentiful and long-lasting for both mother and child and while infant formula does serve a purpose as an emergency secondary option to breast milk, breastfeeding should always be explored first and foremost. As our nation heads in a more health-conscious…

“Everybody Calm Down About Breastfeeding”, “The Case Against Breast- Feeding” and “Overselling Breast- Feeding” are three article titles from the initial page of links that pop up on a Google search for the term breastfeeding. The question of whether or not to choose this option of infant nurture arouses strong sentiment. Why should such an essential and harmless exercise cause such reaction? As a mother of three sons who has journeyed down this road I have a few thoughts on the subject.…

I agree that rationality and gentleness are the keys to raising a good child. In the case of Shila, she was not rational and she was too gentle. Shila thought it was rational to give half of her salary to charity and donate a large portion of her clothes. While it is proper to donate to charity, the amount of money and clothing that Shila was donating was irrational because she was limiting the amount of items and money she had for herself. While being gentle is a great quality to have when it…

A. ELECTIVE 5 5% 8 8% B. EMERGENCY 5 5% 9 9% TABLE 8: APGAR SCORE OF THE BABIES AT THE TIME OF DELIVERY S.NO APGAR Score LABETOLOL NIFEDIPINE NO.OF CASES % OF CASES NO. OF CASES % OF CASES 1 10 30 60% 28 56% 2 6-8 11 22% 13 26% 3 4-6 2 4% 2 4% 4 2-4 3 6% 4 8% 5 2-0 4 8% 3 6% DISCUSSION: Labetolol is an effective drug in control of hypertension in pregnancy. A study by G.D Lamming and E.M Symonds on Labetolol proved that Labetolol is a useful drug in the treatment of PIH. A study by A.El…