How Long Should a Mother Breastfeed?

 

How long should a mother breastfeed? This question is often asked by mothers who breastfeed her babies. The American Academy of Pediatrics advises mothers should nurse their infants exclusively for the first six months or so, then to continue breastfeeding while introducing complementary foods for at least a year. 

According to WHO guidelines, breastfeeding should be done exclusively for the first six months of a child's life and then be continued together with complementary foods until the child is two years old or older.

It's important to urge mothers to breastfeed their kids for at least a year. An infant is better protected from some infections and chronic conditions the longer they are nursed. 

The benefits to a woman's health also increase with the number of months or years she breastfeeds (including all of her children together).

The American Academy of Pediatrics advises introducing children to foods other than breast milk or infant formula when they are about 6 months old.

5 Ways to Improving Breastfeed Relationship

Breastfeeding requires a good relationship between mother and baby. But sometimes it is difficult for mothers to do. Here are 5 ways to improve the relationship between mother and baby

 1.Spend more time skin to skin with your baby. 

  When your infant is in close proximity to you, they will feel more at ease and comforted. To encourage your infant to breastfeed frequently, make plans to cuddle with them for a few days. Keep your breasts exposed if you sleep next to your child to encourage breastfeeding.

 To keep your baby close to you all day, you might want to consider carrying them in a sling. As a result of the proximity, kids can unwind and become more at ease while being nursed.

2. Relax and stay calm when it's time to nurse. 

 Your baby may feel anxious if you are stressed about breastfeeding. Take time before the nursing session to relax and unwind. This can also make your milk letdown easier. To help yourself feel calm, you could:

·         Practice deep breathing

·         Meditate

·         Play soothing music

·         Breastfeed in a quiet, dim room

 

3.Be patient and give your baby time to re-establish breastfeeding. 

 

Your baby's feeding preferences will not change overnight, so give them at least 1 or 2 days to become comfortable with breastfeeding again. Remind yourself that your baby is learning to breastfeed, so be patient with them.

So that you can focus on feeding your baby, enlist the assistance of family or friends. See if a relative can come over and watch your older children or bring a meal to your family.

 4. Praise your baby every time they show improvement. 

 Although your baby is still quite young, they can pick up on your facial expressions when you're close by. If your baby has a good latch or tries to breastfeed, exclaim, "Good baby!" and smile broadly.

As your baby attempts to breastfeed, be consistent and give frequent verbal praise.

 5. Reach out for support if your baby still fusses after 3 or 4 days. 

If you've been trying to improve your breastfeeding relationship for several days and your baby is still struggling, don't be afraid to contact a lactation consultant.

They can provide you with specialized assistance, demonstrate various breastfeeding positions, and determine whether or not your baby is receiving adequate nutrition.

That are 5 ways to improving breastfeed relationship.

Breastfeeding Benefit

 

Breastfeeding benefits mothers as well as infants. For the majority of newborns, breast milk is the best source of nutrients. Breast milk adapts as a baby grows to match his or her dietary requirements. Additionally, breastfeeding can help protect the mother and child from some illness and diseases. There are advantages breastfeeding for mothers and infants.

Benefits  for infants

Breastfeeding protect from:

1. Developing Asthma.

2. Obesity.

3.Diabetes type 1.

4.  Serious lower respiratory conditions.

5. Medial otitis acute (ear infections).

6. The syndrome of sudden newborn death (SIDS).

7. Digestive illnesses (vomiting and diarrhea)

Benefits for mothers

Given breast milk to babies will protect mother from:

\1. Breast cancer is one of the diseases that breastfeeding mothers are less likely to get.

2. Ovarian cancer

3.  Diabetes type 2.

3. Blood pressure problems.

Therea are benefits of breastfeeding to mothers and infants

Salma Hayek Breastfeeds a Hungry African Child

Salma Hayek is one of my favourite Celebrity. She’s beautiful and has high talent in her film. I have just found the story about her breastfeeding moment for a hungry african child, while I have looking for hollywood actrees who support breastfeeding for my next article. This is the most match inspirational celebrity . Although the breastfeeding just in few minutes, but I think can be motivate for all to support breastfeeding.

Here the strory about her trip to Africa (Source: http://abcnews.go.com, http://www.dailymail.co.uk and others)

Spokeswomen on Tetanus Vaccination Project

Salma Hayek go to Sierra leone Africa to support a tetanus-vaccination project. Sierra Leone has the highest infant and child death rate in the world. One in five children die before reaching their fifth birthday and tetanus is a big contributor -- 21 percent of all infant deaths are related to tetanus.
Tetanus deaths are preventable with routine vaccinations. UNICEF has launched an initiative to eradicate the disease worldwide by 2012. In Sierra Leone the cost of immunizing one person is about 74 cents. Once a woman is immunized, her children will be protected from the disease at birth, before needing immunizations of their own.
In 2008, Hayek became a spokeswoman for the Pampers "One Pack = One Vaccine" campaign to support UNICEF's efforts to eliminate tetanus. For each pack of specially marked Pampers diapers sold, parent company Proctor and Gamble donates the cost of one tetanus vaccine to UNICEF. The North American campaign has generated funding for more than 45 million vaccines since the beginning of 2008.

Without Hesitation, She Breastfeeds A Stranger’s Baby

When celebrity and producer Salma Hayek arrived in Sierra Leone in September, she was not whisked off to a movie set.
She was there not as a celebrity, but as a humanitarian, to see firsthand a leading cause of death in the developing world: tetanus.

"Nightline" co-anchor Cynthia McFadden went along to document the journey.
To most people in the United States, tetanus brings to mind rusty nails and a quick trip to the doctor's office for a shot. But in developing countries like Sierra Leone, maternal and neonatal tetanus (MNT) is a top cause of death among mothers and their babies.
"What really excited me about this was the concept of mothers from around the world working together to protect children," said Hayek.

As soon as she landed in Sierra Leone, Hayek was taken to a hospital in the capital, Freetown.
where she saw the painful reality of tetanus. A 7-day-old baby girl named Fatima lay dying. There were no medications to give her but the serum given to horses with the disease.

Then she saw a mother who was unable to provide milk for her malnourished one-week-old son.
Without hesitation, she took the stranger's baby and began breastfeeding it, despite the presence of several camera crews from American news network ABC, who were accompanying her on the African charity mission.
'The baby was perfectly healthy, but the mother did not have any milk.
'He was very hungry - I was weaning my daughter Valentina, but I still had a lot of milk, so I breastfed the baby”, Hayek said.
'It was amazing because he was really looking at me and he's very little. My baby is one year so he can suck a lot harder.'

Hayek said that she had been inspired by a story of her great-grandmother.
She said: 'My great-grandmother was in a Mexican village and they found a woman in the street who was inconsolably crying and the baby was also crying.
'My great-grandmother asked what the matter was and the mother said, 'She is very, very hungry and I have no more milk'.
'And in the street, my great-grandmother breastfed that baby who instantly stopped crying and went peacefully to sleep,”Hayek was really impressed by that story.

"Am I being disloyal to my child by giving my milk away? I actually think my baby would be very proud to be able to share her milk. When she grows up, I will make sure she continues to share and be a caring and generous person" She said.

Wow, this is really inspiration story from Celebrity Salma hayek. You must agree with me to give her the best icon celebrity  for Support Breastfeeding! 

Treatment for Sore Niple

When I have breastfeed my baby at the first time, I almost give up with my sore niple. My niple is so pain, until bleeding! I cry and panic. I almost stop breastfeeding and try to give bottle milk. Thank God, I can stand and continue exclusive breastfeeding for my baby.
Actually you don’t get panic with this condition. Poor positioning and latch-on is the most common cause of nipple soreness in the early weeks of nursing. The most thing you can do is identify the type of pain and find some immediate pain relief. Here’s the most caused:

1. Nipple sensitivity.

Your nipples feel more sensitive or tender than usual. Some nipple sensitivity is normal in the beginning. The likely cause is your nipples just aren't used to this much stimulation.
What do to: Wait it out; it just takes time for your nipples to get used to nursing. In the meantime, using pure lanolin should help ease normal nipple While nipple sensitivity is normal, your nipple usually does not painfull anymore.

2. Cracked or bleeding nipples.

Sometimes sore niple will be continued to become ceacked and bleeding nipples. The likely cause: bad lacth suckle, bad positioning, thrush, problem with the breat pump, or baby bites.
Bad latch suckle : A baby's latch will affect the way a baby suckles. Common problems with latch include a baby who does not have enough of the breast in the mouth, subsequently sucking on the nipple as if sucking on a straw, or chomping and clamping down while trying to suckle. This kind of latch/suckling will be painful and also won't do a very good job of delivering milk.

Bad positioning. If the latch looks right but baby is not well-positioned, you could also end up with nipple pain because the baby's body relative to your body causes pulling or pinching on the breast or nipple.

Thrush:Thrush is another term for "yeast infection". It's usually caused by mom or baby having taken an antibiotic, which creates an imbalance of bacteria in the body. Help avoid this by taking probiotics whenever you or baby is on an antibiotic.

Breast pump problem. Many moms mistakenly believe that turning up the strength of the suction on a breast pump will get milk out faster. This is just not true and, in fact, stronger suction can create pain in the breast. Always start out with the lowest setting and gradually increase the suction setting, reducing the suction when it grows uncomfortable. Additionally, many moms don't realize that the part that fits over the breast, called the "breastshield," is not "one-size-fits-all". Using the wrong breastshield can cause friction to the nipples, which is painful.

What to do: Don't worry, it's safe to nurse the baby and/or give your breastfeeding baby pumped milk even when your nipples are bleeding.
In general, cracked or bleeding nipples may be relieved by:
a. Nurse frequently - at least every 2 hours. This will ensure that your baby does not become too hungry between feedings causing him to nurse ravenously and aggressively at your breast.
b.Moist wound healing, which includes pure lanolin and products such as "Soothies gel pads"
c.All-Purpose Nipple Ointment
d. Good-old breast milk, since it's a natural antibiotic. For this remedy, just express a little milk and let the nipples air-dry.

Celebrity
You can see the Youtube video below

Breast Massage

Breast massage is important to increase your breast milk supply. My mother suggest me to do it when I was pregnant until lactation. I get the greatful advantage by increasing my breast supply and successful exclusive breastfeeding.

Here’s the fact, the breast tissue contains an abundance of lymph vessels. Unlike other areas of the body, the breast lacks sources of external compression, such as muscles or strong overlying frontal part that promotes natural lymphatic drainage. As a result, fluid has a tendency to stagnate, which may lead to breast problems. This is where gentle, non-stimulating massage techniques can be used to aid fluid recirculation.
Massage therapy is an effective non-invasive treatment for breasts, as they also require need good circulation and tissue mobilization for optimum health. Breast massage just before breastfeeding increase the fat content of the milk and stimulate letdown and expression of the milk.

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TIPS TO MASSAGE

1.The best massage technique is to first start pumping the lymph glands in your arm pits, this lymphatic massage will get the blood and toxins flowing.
2.Use a lotion while massaging (a natural lotion if you are breastfeeding) Olive oil is really good for this.
3.Gentle rubbing and/or squeezing is enough to get the blood flowing. Do not press too hard, you could damage your glandular tissue.
4.When you start to feel your breasts warming up, it’s a sign that your breasts have increased blood flow, which is very good.
5.These massages should be done daily.

Celebrity

Learn from this Youtube Video about breast massage

Breastpump Bra:Cute!

At the previous post, I tell you about “How to express breast milk by hand”. While I have collecting source for the next post about express breast milk through breast pump, I have found an interested product: breast pump bra! I am really curious. What is kind? How to use it?
Okey, I will give you description base on collecting search. It might help you to get various choose of breast pump. There are two breastpump bra, conventional by manualy hand, and hands free. Of course, the most interesting is breastpump bra hands free.

This incredible hands free pumping bra is an excellent choice when you need to pump your breast milk and use your hands for other tasks at the same time. Use this bra pump more efficiently. All while ensuring your baby’s supply of nourishing breast milk will be safely collected with your pumping bra and will be ready for use when needed, you can:
• feed and play with your baby,
• read,
• answer emails,
• write out instructions for your husband or
• do any number of other tasks with your hands.

You can learn to use it on this Youtube video


The remarkable Hands Free Pumping Bra boasts a revolutionary 2-inch zip-front design that works with just about every breast pump so you can easily and comfortably pump and save your precious
breast milk hands free.