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LACTATION
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Advantages
Nutritionally
Breast-fed
overfed
Promotes good jaw & tooth development
Cost less
Promotes close mother-child contact
More convenient once the process is
established
Help
Practice
rooming-in
Encourage breast-feeding on demand
Give no artificial teats or pacifiers
Foster the establishment of breast feeding
support groups, and refer mothers to them
on discharge from the hospital or clinic
Nutritional requirements
Lactation
is nutritionally demanding
Increased intake of most nutrient is advised
Milk production is most affected by the
frequency of suckling
Milk composition varies according to
mothers diet, but in general the effect is to
reduce quantity, not quality
Energy
Production
2nd
6 mo
- production 600 ml/day
E req
- consuming solid food
Energy intake at least 1800 kcal/day
Inadeq maternal fluid intake affects milk
volume
After
Fat
20
Water
Drink a glass of milk, juice or water at
each meal and each time the infant
nurses
Nutrient supplements
Most
Particular foods
Foods
Increased Requirements
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