Breastfeeding And Modern Science And Culture Today

Matos, Ribeiro and Guerra write about the benefits of breastfeeding and breast milk and how the antioxidants within the milk help strengthen a babies immune system. They provide a lot of scientific research and information on the different types of antioxidants, vitamins and other nutrients that are within breast milk.

Having a baby and being flexible is really important when it comes to bottle feeding and breastfeeding. Bottle feeding makes this a little harder because of heating to the bottle, measuring, and sometimes trying to find a bottle. Breastfeeding make this a little easier because if you pump milk the night before, you can have up to three bottles for in the refrigerator. Sometimes if you do not have any milk in a bottle, one can also just let the baby breastfeed by sucking on the nipple. Serena Meyer and Ryan Teglene explain in their article

In this article, “The Ideal and the Real of Breast-Feeding” by Jane E. Brody, Brody brings some good points to light. The campaign to exclusively breastfeed for the first six months in today’s society is becoming increasingly prevalent by health care providers, lactation consultants, and other organizations. Brody’s notable outlook on breastfeeding stems from her own personal experiences with her twin boys. The ever increasing numbers of reasons one should breastfeed and how important it is for the health of the child to continue to grow. As the textbook, “How Children Develop” by Robert Siegler, shows it is a natural life source. Mammals use breast milk as a source of nutrition for their young. Humans have become more reliant on formula feeding.

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

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

Deciding whether to continue breastfeeding during a pregnancy is an individual choice. Breastfeeding during pregnancy is generally not risky. Women who breastfeed while they are pregnant often experience nipple or breast pain, decreased milk supply, and fatigue. Your nursing child may naturally stop breastfeeding (wean) during your pregnancy.

When you just have a child and have the experience of them feeding on your breast, the connection that happends between a mother and child its so amazing. In my textbook called Lifespan Development 7th edition it says that breast fed babies are nutritionally superior, they have more rapid weight gain, and most children get early health benefits from their mothers breast milk. Breastfeeding should not be discriminated against in public because the female nipple should not be sexualized, it is illegal to discriminate against a women because of her sex. Inculding pregnancy and breastfeeding. Also i wouldnt want to eat my meal in a bathroom stall. Women and breastfeeding should not be discriminated against.

The African proverb “It takes a village to raise a child” means the upbringing of a child is a community effort, rather than the parents’ responsibility. Growing up, I was taught to have respect for the elderly and treat them like my own parents. They would discipline me and treat me like their own child. If I did something wrong, they would tell my parents so they could scold me. Kids don’t get to spend quality time with their parents these days, since we are at school most of the time or doing homework. That’s why I believe children are both the responsibility of parents as well as their community, and a well-cared-for child correlates to a better society.

I will like to add to your response and say that caring for a newborn can be a very tiring experience. But, it may be encouraging to know that breastfeeding is no more time consuming than formula feeding, which frequently requires additional time to purchase and prepare the formula and wash bottles and nipples (Spencer, 2017).

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,

Researched Evidence that Identifies Benefits of Breastfeeding to the Child, the Mother, and the Entire Family

Breastfeeding is an action that is bio cultural and biosocial in nature. Breastfeeding is a biological process that involves a woman providing milk for an infant. Culturally speaking, breastfeeding is not always an action by the biological mother. In some cases, the mother needs to return to work not long after birth. Other times, it is just the cultural norm that other women and children help in the care of a new baby. Stereotypes and norms surrounding breastfeeding vary cross-culturally as well. Socially speaking, there is an expectation that mothers will breastfeed their offspring. Some people biologically cannot breastfeed, others cannot breastfeed due to medications, and some women just choose not to breastfeed.

The decision to breastfeed of formula feed is one that is highly dependent on the mother’s perception of breastfeeding, her knowledge related to breastfeeding, and her physical ability to breastfeed. Breastfeeding is advocated for by healthcare professional, organizations such as the World Health Organization, and even among social circles. The topic of breastfeeding is widely associated with the health of the mother and infant. The benefits of breastfeeding are not only exclusive to the infant, but the mother benefits as well. This paper will discuss the advantages of breastfeeding for the infant and mother will be considered. The benefits of breastfeeding to the infant reviewed include adequate nutrition for the development

Breast milk starts to produce from the fourth month of pregnancy under the influence of estrogen, the progesterone and the hormone placental lactogen. At birth, the expulsion of the placenta causes the fall of the rate of progesterone, triggers milk flow about three days later. Other hormone s, such as prolactin and oxytocin, regulate the production of breast milk: the first help in the manufacture of milk, the second trigger muscles to its ejection. Secreted in the alveoli, the milk is stored until feeding. As is effectively sucking the nipple which secrete the hormone s, the more the baby nurses, the more milk production increases.

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.