NATS 1675 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Colostrum, Vitamin K, Breastfeeding
11 Nov 2016
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Production and release of milk to nourish baby. Who says the best nutrition for a child particularly in areas of poverty is breastfeeding until 1 year. Price formula, look at bottle/tin and check out how expensive formula per feeding is(usually 6/day) You also need bottles, nipples, clean water for formula. Some do not get it perfect right away, relatively rare that a baby cannot be breast fed. If a mother tries to feed formula without first trying to breastfeed, she cannot breastfeed later on. Covers from extra-embryonic membrane through the newborn. Women with small breasts cannot produce enough milk. Great way to lose the baby weight. Exclusive breast feeding for the first 6 months. If possible continue to breast feed until the baby weans self. These are the recommendations from the who and canadian pediatrics society. Mother"s metabolic stores used if not enough glucose or lipids in diet however a myth is that calcium taken from teeth.
