Breast Feeding Mothers

My reactions to Chapter 6 is that Breastfeeding is more beneficial to the infant than formulas. I support Breastfeeding because breastfed babies are likely to have fewer infections and hospitalizations than formula-fed infants. Formulas are more likely to cause health problems for the child because they don’t have antibiotics. This is something that the company Nestle didn’t mention in their advertisement. If an infant is fed formulas, they can suffer from nutritional deficiencies and constipation due to a foreign content such as cow milk. It seems more natural for a mother to feed the child from her own body because her child was in the womb for 9 months. I don’t see what’s wrong with a mother breastfeeding? The infant is receiving nutrients

Breastfeeding in Public. Could it be a social norm or are we just too shy?

Bringing a newborn baby into the world is a miracle from God. However, this miracle brings with it numerous decisions. For example, one choice is what method to use to feed the baby. An excellent nutritional start is key to a baby’s life long health. With that being said, many mothers struggle making the decision whether to breast-feed or formula feed. Both choices offer countless pros and cons. Ultimately, it is a personal assessment mothers must undertake. Two factors to consider when making the decision on whether to breast-feed or formula feed are nutritional benefits and convenience.

The author of this story is Rheana Murray. She is a reporter and editor for the New York Daily News’ online life & style department, covering health, fashion, culture and technology. In addition work for the New York Time magazine. The audience is this particular cover was mothers; mother to be this mother was the readers in this article. The general audience read this magazine. In another hand contractor, politicians, police officer and specialist consultant read this magazine. For the reason I pick this article was for the controversy was involved around the mother and the son in the front page cover in this magazine.

Breastfeeding is a healthy, natural ability of every woman, and should therefore be socially acceptable and supported by everyone. For some reason this is not the case in our society, in fact breastfeeding continues to be a controversial issue that must be addressed by women’s rights activist groups. Breastfeeding is a feminist issue because the natural act has been medicalized and devalued by major companies because of their interests in profits in bottle feeding. According to Penny Van Esterik a coordinator in the World Alliance for Breastfeeding Action (WABA), women should never have to choose between their duties as a mother and their duties as a responsible, hard working employee. Our society pressures, exploits and oppresses women

African American mothers have the lowest breastfeeding rates compared with other ethnic groups in America (Lowe, 2011). Therefore, without having the benefits of breastfeeding, African American children tend to have a higher risk of getting infectious and chronic diseases throughout their lifespan (Eidelman & Schanler, 2012).

Scientists have conducted numerous studies that show little or no benefit to an infant’s development from adding DHA to infant formula. Overall, research results are inconsistent and inconclusive. Meanwhile, the formula companies have advertised aggressively in an attempt to convince parents that their DHA formula provides the same nutrients, and therefore the same benefits, as breast milk. There is no proof that DHA containing formulas are any better than other infant formulas, let alone similar to human milk. Infants who are not breastfed are at increased risk of numerous infectious diseases including bacterial meningitis, bacteremia, diarrhea, and respiratory tract infections to name a few. They are also at increased risk of sudden infant death syndrome in the first year of life and are more likely to develop Type I and Type II diabetes mellitus. As adults,

The article I chose to critique deals with breastfeeding and cognitive development, and if breastfeeding plays a significant role in cognitive development. The article being critiqued was written by Boutwell, Beaver, and Barnes, and is titled “Role of Breastfeeding in Childhood Cognitive Development: A Propensity Score Matching Analysis.” With the article, the authors conduct research while using confounding variables to determine how much of an impact breastfeeding has on cognitive development. The authors stress the difference with their research, as they use PSM (Propensity Score Matching), while some others do not. With their research, they were able to find out just how much breastfeeding played a part, regarding cognitive development, and if it increased brain functioning, or not.

Haelle (2015) writes about how an Illinois restaurant evolved with public breastfeeding. A customer named Kristal Snow Tomko began to nurse her 6-month-old after placing her order (Haelle, 2015). Unfortunately, the manager and the restaurant’s owner, John Mathias, asked Snow to cover up because he received complaints from other patrons (Haelle, 2015). Tomko refused; as a result, Mathias offered the bathroom or another dining area (Haelle, 2015). However, Tomko refused those two additional options and went to her van where she cried and nursed (Haelle, 2015).

How to feed the baby is a personal decision which should be taken after careful consideration of all the relevant facts. Feeding a baby could be done either as breast feeding or bottle feeding. Breast feeding is the feeding of a baby directly from the breast milk of a female human breast whereas bottle feeding is referred to as feeding a baby with milk from a nursing bottle. Many people argue that breast feeding is the most beneficial way of feeding a baby. In contrast to this view, others argue that there is not any real significant difference between breast feeding and bottle feeding. Therefore, in this essay, both the benefits and drawbacks of breast feeding and bottle feeding will be analyzed.

Growing up around women breastfeeding was quite interesting; although I was young I was always embarrassed to be around a nursing mother. Most of us are aware that breastfeeding is the most natural way of providing infants with the nutrients they need for healthy growth and development. Breastfeeding to a lot of mothers is the time of bonding between themselves and child. Disagreement arises when nursing mothers decide to perform feedings in public areas. Then we have the groups of people that view breastfeeding in public places as indecent and offensive. In an article about current breastfeeding laws the authors state that “currently, the majority of the US states have legislation permitting women to breastfeed in any location and exempting breastfeeding from indecency laws” (Nguyen,Hawkins). I don’t think the issue is with breastfeeding itself. What may actually be the problem with the whole breastfeeding in public debate would have to be the action of breastfeeding, the locations where the mothers choose to breastfeed and sometimes age of child being breastfeed. Public breastfeeding can be a very touchy topic with strong feelings on both sides of the debate. After considering both sides of the issue, breastfeeding in public areas should not be done.

I wish to make clear that I am not opposed to having laws against indecent exposure. After all showing one’s genitals would be pretty embarrassing to both men and women alike. If we all went totally rouge a man would need to hide every time his flag flew high, and women would be dangling strings from their pleasure-holes in a combined total of 3 months a year. While I don’t think that sex or the human body is anything to be ashamed of I do see the purpose in covering up. It helps us to focus beyond our sexual desires, keeps certain aspects hidden and helps prevent infections. However I do find it hypocritical that the female chest is locked away while men are free to roam nipple-first. After all, my breasts were not designed as a toy for men

Statistical Product and Service Solutions for Windows (SPSS) 12.0 software package and SAS 8.0 software. SPSS 12.0 was used for all statistical analysis except linear regression which used SAS 8.0.

Throughout the centuries before the development of formula milk, women who were not able to lactate due to chronic illness, heavy treatment or the consumption of prescription or recreational drugs were assisted by women who were either relatives or servants willing to breastfeed the newborn infant. These women were known as wet-nurses. There are multiple reasons as to why women consciously chose to use a wet-nurse in the past. Some of these reasons were due to social pressures such as women’s husbands being unsupportive of the concept of breast feeding as the practice would alter the shape of women’s breasts, pure vanity as women could not wear their clothes of choice or simply because the act was considered unfashionable amongst the upper

There are globally impactful events that fill the headlines of newspapers, social media, and hourly broadcasts, however, my topic is the one that is a third page story, short mention in a blog, or a sound bite. This is the issue of how public breastfeeding effects women and children throughout the United States.