Lactation

Breastfeeding has slowly again become the staple of health for infant nutrition and enrichment. In the past breast milk was the basic diet available to infants but throughout time the advances in formula, ease of access, and availability surpassed the breastfeeding craze. Now though, as more studies and the publication of these studies have taken place it has become apparent that formula is not the best available nourishment. Many large health organizations, such as the World Health Organization…

Milk fever is a common disease that occurs in dairy cattle, usually close to parturition. Milk fever causes the animal to not have the strength to stand and if not treated as soon as the disease is noticed, it will result in unconsciousness and death. Although milk fever is commonly known, many people don’t understand the different forms, causes, and stages of the disease. They might not fully understand how to take preventative action or how to treat an animal with milk fever either. There are…

This means that most health insurance plans must cover breast pumps, ("Breastfeeding Benifits," n.d.). This makes access to breastfeeding support affordable. Woodwinds has International Board Certified Lactation Consultant (IBCLC) available to support mothers after they are released from the hospital. These visits are covered under most healthcare plans. Woodwinds also has support groups for mothers to come and talk to other mothers. The goal of offering…

Today I shadowed Amanda and it was very busy from the time I came to the time I left. When I first arrived she was in the cafeteria with the lady who had collapsed while eating. They had brought the lady back to the trauma room where they were starting to exam her to see why she may have collapsed. Amanda noticed that the patient could work her heart rate up into the 140s and she gets really upset when you would try to touch her and would freak out. We had to use the Marti translating system…

Over the past twenty-four hours the mother was using hand expression, following her baby’s feeding cues and working to achieve a deep latch. Despite all efforts, their son would not latch well with a score of six out of ten. With the help of a lactation consultant, the mother and father discovered their son has a tight frenulum and the mother nipples are short shafted or flat. The parents were reassured to hear that they were not doing anything wrong and there were other medical reasons why…

Complementary foods are foods other than breast milk or infant formula (liquids, semisolids, and solids) introduced to an infant to provide nutrients. The ideal time to introduce complementary foods in the diets of infants is difficult to pinpoint. Complementary foods introduced too early are of little benefit to the infant and may even be harmful due to the possibility of choking, developing food allergies, or causing an infant to consume less than the appropriate amount of breast milk or…

Critical Incident A critical incident is an event that can be either negative or positive. The incident or event has to have a significant or powerful impact on the person it is effecting. There are often many critical incidents that occur in the nursing field that are both positive and negative. I am going to talk about one critical incident that I experienced that was very positive in my maternity clinical rotation. This semester for my maternity clinical rotation I am at Baystate Medical…

The baby friendly initiative is a global program started in 1991 by the World Health Organization (WHO) and UNICEF focused on improving the role of maternity services to encourage mothers to breastfeed to help babies get the best start in life. These health agencies recommend that babies are breastfed exclusively for their first six months of life. The primary goal is to improve prenatal care of mothers, mother/baby care after delivery, and provide services and care that promote and support…

Mr. Salter talked about the smothering days he would get angry. His cows would get heat stress and those were the bad days when only ten cows would produce sustainable milk. “Heat stress during the dry period reduces milk yield in the subsequent lactation of dairy cows” (Fernanda C. Ferreira). The cows that suffer from the heat would lose weight which affected milk production. He explained to me how the dry periods stopped mammary growth and this leads to less milk. Personally, less milk is an…

and are being told to take it somewhere else or cover it up. Now there have been several different solutions put into place such as in the city of Los Angeles. They have a city-wide policy that has several little pitstop places that are used as lactation rooms that have several different devices to help a mother who needs to collect their milk (“Public Administrations”). While this is a nice idea, why should the mother have to relocate somewhere else? Both men and women are starting to get fed…