2. Presentation
Main Points
✔ Introduction
✔ Statistics
✔ Types of breast milk
✔ Benefit of breast milk
✔ Good breastfeeding latch
✔ How to know the baby is
gitting enough milk
✔ Breastfeeding
contraindications
4. ֍ Breastfeeding is the feeding of an infant or
young child with breast milk directly from
female human breast via lactation rather then
using infant formula from a baby bottle or
container.
֍Babies have sucking reflex that enables them
to suck and swallow milk.
֍Experts recommend that children be breastfed
within one hour of birth, exclusively breastfed
for the first 6 months, and the breast until age
two.
6. ֍Approximately 4 million babies born in 2015, most (83.2 percent) started out
breastfeeding – but many stop earlier than recommended..
֍As recommended by the “American Academy of Pediatrics” nearly 6 in 10
(57.6 percent) infants are still breastfeeding at 6 months of age, only 1 in 4 are
breastfeeding exclusively.
7.
8. Breastfeeding Rates Around the World
% who continue 6 month or
longer
% of mothers who startCountry
53%98%Sweden
50%98%Norway
10%98%Poland
24%80%Canada
25%68%Netherlands
21%63%Britain
20%57%US
9. ֍ Manager of the Breastfeeding Programme for
Iraq’s Ministry of Health, noted that Iraq’s rate of
exclusive breastfeeding was worryingly low, at
just 25 per cent for infants under six months.
Breast feeding rates In iraq
12. ֍ is the first form of milk
produced by the mammary
glands.
֍ (It is high in protein, fat-
soluble vitamins, minerals,
and immunoglobulins)
Colostrum
13. ֍ occurs after colostrum and
lasts for approximately two
weeks.
֍ (it includes high levels of
fat, lactose, and water-
soluble vitamins)
Transitional milk
14. ֍Mature milk is the final milk that is
produced.
֍(90% of it is water, The other 10%
is comprised of carbohydrates,
proteins, and fats)
֍There are two types of mature milk:
Fore-milk
Hind-milk
Mature milk
16. For baby
֍ Breast milk provides optimal nutrition for babies.
֍ Breastfeeding May Reduce Disease Risk.
֍ Breast Milk Promotes a Healthy Weight.
֍ Breastfeeding May Make Children Smarter.
17. For mother
֍ Breastfeeding Helps the Uterus Contract.
֍ Breastfeeding May Prevent Menstruation.
֍ Breastfeeding Reduces Your Disease Risk.
֍ Breastfeeding May Help You Lose Weight.
֍ Mothers who Breastfeed have a lower
risk of depression.
18.
19. For community
֍ Breastfeeding is 100% natural – there are no
plastic bottles, rubber nipples, or formula
containers to sit in landfills.
֍ Breastfed infants are healthier than babies who
were never breastfed. Healthier infants
translates to fewer missed work days for
employed parents.
20. By choosing to breastfeed, you won't have to:
֍Spend money on formula.
֍Calculate how much your baby needs to drink daily.
֍Spend time cleaning and sterilizing bottles.
֍Mix and warm up bottles in the middle of the night (or day).
֍Figure out ways to warm up bottles while on the go.
Breast milk is always at the right temperature and
ready to drink.
24. ֍ A good breastfeeding latch is one of the
most important aspects of breastfeeding.
1. baby is latching on to more than just your nipple.
2. baby's lips are turned out (fish lips)and flat against breast.
3. child's chin and nose are touching breast.
4. You see and hear your child sucking and swallowing.
5. You do not feel any pain.
6. When your child has finished breastfeeding, he seems happy and
satisfied.
27. ֍ They are having at least 6-8 wet nappies each day and the urine is
pale and not concentrated or smelly.
֍ They passes soft stool.
֍ The baby is bright ,alert and responsive with
moist lips and good skin tone.
֍ They are reaching their developmental milestones
29. ֍ Breastfeeding may not be in the best interest
of the baby in the following conditions:
1. The baby has classic galactosaemia
2. Mother is HIV positive.
3. Mother has active untreated tuberculosis, T-cell lymphotrophic
virus type 1 or 11.
4. Mother is receiving antimetabolites or other che-motherapeutic
agents
5. Mother is abusing drugs.
