Breastfeeding Chapter 6 Summary

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.

Very few experts disagree with the fact that breastfeeding is the optimal choice for the infant. However, decreasing breastfeeding rates raise many questions as to why mothers are not choosing the best nutritional choice for their children. Despite breast milk being the obvious choice for infant feeding due to the health, psychological, and economic benefits, many mothers still decide to feed their infants formula due to lack of knowledge and support, difficulties with breastfeeding, and social embarrassment. Changes need to be made with formula companies, medical professionals, and the public opinion of breastfeeding in order to give nursing mothers the support they deserve.

“When breastfeeding is not exclusively practiced, infant formulas are generally used. The World Health Organization International Code of Marketing of Breast-Milk that parents be fully informed about the health hazards of unnecessary or improper use of infant formula”(2).

Starting from infancy, parents have the right to make the decisions in their new child’s life, which includes breast-feeding their child. “Infant nutrition is important in development and

Aside from Brody’s personal point of view, there is no real talk to the reality of the time and energy spent by mom to strictly feeding a baby by breast. How can we create a study of full benefits to breastfeeding? What are the true differences between a formula fed and a breastfed baby? How can we go about better education to the mothers who are potentially choosing to breastfeed? How do we make moms feel comfortable and know that it is not their fault if they are unable to breastfeed? New moms need a lot support, especially in the first few months after the baby is born. They should not feel that they are doing something wrong by not being able to feed baby. The support for these women should stem from every branch they have, such as doctors, family members, and any educational tool they see fit to use. Programs like WIC, lactation consultants, and the La Letche League should provide better support for moms who chose that breastfeeding may not be suited for

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

In Gina Ciagne’s article “Breastfeeding Has Heart and Can Save Yours” researched showed that just like men, the number one killer of women was cardiovascular disease (2012). In the article it also stated that women “who breastfeed could lower their risk of developing heart disease and related issues” (Ciagne, 2012), Ciagne also stated that the body resets after pregnancy if the woman is breastfeeding (2012), While reading this article length was fairly short, and the vocabulary used was very easy to read and understand. Ciagnes credential listed was a CLC (Certified Lactation Counselor), The writing style Ciagne used were in ways mothers could relate, using emotions and repetition while still being informative. All in all the articles conclusion with the results were consistent.

Dr Lawrence (2010) 1 said “ instead of promoting the tremendous benefits of breastfeeding to this population, the risks of formula feeding and the costs to health and the community of not breastfeeding will have to incorporated into persuading these women to do the best for their infants and themselves”.

This chapter cover a lot about how trying to follow all the advice that is given to you is hard. When your a new parent you have many different opinions flying at you, like “ Breast feed your baby it’s healthier” or “ let the cry it out, they need to learn to be independent.” These issues are brought up a lot but they both have many different opinions about them. This chapter compares other issues similar to this when it comes to parenting and even travel.

Thesis: Breastfeeding provides unique nutrients for the baby, protects from disease, has health benefits for the mother, and provides a unique bond between mother and baby.

Whether to breastfeed or to formula feed is one of the many decisions parents have to make when caring for a newborn baby. The decision may seem simple in which parents base there decision on comfort, convenience and finance but little do most parents know the decision being made can have damaging long term effects than that of the present. There is plenty of research that state the significance of breastfeeding that go far beyond the extent of bonding between mother and newborn. Although, that too is important. Breast milk is known to contain antibodies which can help the newborn in developing a strong immune system which influence all the body systems. Research has shown that breast-milk can help prevent long term diseases such as

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.

For thousands of years, breastfeeding has been the main source that women have had to feed their babies. In today’s society, however, breastfeeding has become a controversial issue due to the increased sexualization of the female body, especially women’s breasts. This same society has failed to consider the benefits that breastfeeding mothers offer to society and, most importantly, the benefits breastfeeding offers to children. It is important to consider and remember that breastfeeding is natural and nursing mothers should be free to nurse everywhere because it is their legal right, it is the first source of nutrition for their children, it eliminates excess waste in the environment, and it benefits society.

Any infant enters the world completely relying on their mother, whether it’s to provide security, comfort, or their first meal. Breastfeeding, although pretty self-explanatory, is the act of a woman feeding a baby with milk from her breast. It is recommended that a baby be breastfed for the first time within an hour of their birth and exclusively breastfed for the first six months of life (Belsky, 2012). However, there is a stigma attached to breastfeeding in some areas of the world, especially the United States, so a common alternative is formula. There are many benefits not only the infant can gain from being breastfed, but also benefits the mother can obtain from providing this nutrition for her child. This paper will discuss

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