Essay on Importance of Breastfeeding

Breastfeeding is the normal way to feed an infant. International organizations such as the World Health Organization, the International Pediatric Association, UNICEF, and the International Lactation Consultant Association promote breastfeeding. In the United States, breastfeeding is promoted by the Surgeon General, the American Academy of Pediatrics, the American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology, the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, and the American Public Health Association The American…

Baby A.J. was born 10/22/15 03:19 at 33.0 weeks age via vaginal delivery. A.J. was admitted to NICU 10/22/15 at 4:00 secondary to respiration problems including grunting and bradycardic events. The Baby’s Apgars were 8 and 9. His birth weight was 2.090 Kg. Information regarding the baby’s mother, she had a cerclage placed at 14 weeks which is a cervical stitch. This was placed as a treatment for her cervix which started to shorten and open too early in her pregnancy. She had been in the…

Breastfeeding Over Formula Babies are expensive but as a parent it’s your job to try and save as much money as possible. Breastfeeding has so many perks. First and foremost, it is better to attempt to breastfeed than not at all. Breastfeeding has been linked to higher IQ scores in later child hood ages. Breast milk provides the ideal nutrition for infants. It has an almost perfect mixture of vitamins, protein, and fat which is everything your baby needs to grow accordingly. Breastfed infants…

My mother found out she was pregnant at the doctor’s office during a regular check up. The nurse asked when her last menstrual period was and she was a week or two late so they did a pregnancy test and it came back positive. She was very surprised when she got the results back. My parents were not trying to get pregnant but also were not preventing pregnancy. My mother stated, “Now that I look back, I do not know why I was so shocked. It is not like we were using any methods of prevention”. Her…

complimentary breakfast! To begin the day, we took a look at some research posters created by students who were enrolled in NSG 313 in the spring semester. The first poster I viewed was a literature review of the affects of breastfeeding infants with NAS. It showed that breastfeeding reduced the need for pharmacological treatment, shortened the length of stay by a considerable amount, maintained the neonates health and increased weight gain. This poster was interesting, but raised a question…

with all of the health benefits of breastfeeding- you do not however, hear as much about the benefits of formula feeding your child. Therefore many parents are probably unaware about the benefits, and whether formula milk has an impact towards their baby’s health or not. Are the health benefits of breastfeeding really as significantly higher as we are led to think? As not all the benefits are…

Breastfeeding is normal and most people and doctors would agree that it is extremely beneficial to both the mother and the baby, yet if a mother decides to preform this perfectly normal and natural act in public people find it offensive. Despite the fact that a mother is caring for her child and making sure the child remains healthy, some people still disagree. Breastfeeding should be as normal to society as a mother feeding her child with a bottle. Breastfeeding should be allowed in public…

Breast are Best Breastfeeding serves as a connection or bond between a mother and child. Mothers experience feelings of joy as they nurse their newborn. This is the case because of the far that hormones are released that cause a peaceful like sensation. (“Benefits”). Psychological benefits arise from breastfeeding as well. Children who are breastfed tend to cry less and have a better band with their mother versus children who were not breastfed (Sloan). Nursing children is affordable and…

The Positive Effects of Breastfeeding Breastfeeding is the conventional way of providing young infants with the nutrients they require for healthy growth and development (W, 2016). Every year, many new mothers make the conscious decision to breastfeed their newborns. Moreover, as of 2015, approximately 67.3 percent of mothers in the state of Alabama have preferred breastfeeding over bottle-feeding their infants. (C, 2015). By definition, breastfeeding is the method of feeding a baby with milk…

The article Women who drink organic milk in pregnancy could harm their baby’s IQ is regarding women who drink organic milk during pregnancy and the effects of the organic milk on their babies’ intelligence later in life (around the ages of nine and ten.) Studies have shown that women who drink organic milk have a sixty percent higher risk of lowering their child’s scores on test, this will also continue throughout a child’s education, even into the adulthood of the child. The title of Organic…