A central goal of The Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine is the development of clinical protocols for managing common medical problems that may impact breastfeeding success. These protocols serve only as guidelines for the care of breastfeeding mothers and infants and do not delineate an exclusive course of treatment or serve as standards of medical care. Variations in treatment may be appropria...

Giriş: Emzirme, bir bebeği beslemek için en güvenli ve sağlıklı yöntemdir. Annenin bebeğinin sağlık sonuçlarının iyileşmesine katkıda bulunur. Amaç: Bu çalışmada doğum sonu dönemde annelerin emzirme öz-yeterlilik algıları ile başarıları arasındaki ilişkiyi incelemek amaçlanmıştır. Yöntem: Tanımlayıcı tasarımdaki bu araştırmanın örneklemini, Akdeniz Bölgesindeki üniversite hastanesinin Kadın Doğ...

Background & aim: Breastfeeding self-efficacy is an important factor affecting the success and duration of breastfeeding. Self-efficacy of people is influenced by four sources including performance accomplishments, vicarious experiences, verbal persuasion and the physiological responses which seem to be modified by breastfeeding intervention.  This study was conducted to compare the effect of p...

Introduction: Breastfeeding is one of the most effective ways to promote children's health. The purpose of this study is to determine the relationship between emotional intelligence and success of breastfeeding. Materials and Methods: In a cross-sectional study in referring of multiple health centers in Shiraz, sample of 150 mothers with children aged one to three 3 years were selected using co...

Despite widespread use of epidural analgesia during labor, no consensus has been reached among obstetric and anesthesia providers regarding its effects on breastfeeding. The purpose of this review was to examine the relationship between labor epidural analgesia and breastfeeding in the immediate postpartum period. PubMed, Cochrane Library, and Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Liter...

34 Controversies in Breastfeeding Success: The Role of Epidural Analgesia and Epidural Fentanyl, A Meta-Analysis Abstract Type: Meta Analysis/Review of the Li Natalie C. Moreland, M.D.; Amy I. Lee, M.D.; Cynthia A. Wong, M.D.; Paloma Toledo, M.D., M.P.H. Northwestern University Feinberg School of MedicineType: Meta Analysis/Review of the Li Natalie C. Moreland, M.D.; Amy I. Lee, M.D.; Cynthia A...

BACKGROUND Breastfeeding is especially important for infants with cleft lip and/or cleft palate because it helps prevent nasal septum irritation, decreases the number of ear infections, and provides a sort of psychologically support for the postpartum mothers. It is difficult for a baby born with a cleft lip and/or cleft palate to suck milk out of the breast or bottle. OBJECTIVE This study ai...

CONTEXT Studies have shown that exclusive breastfeeding at hospital discharge is associated with longer duration of breastfeeding. Method of delivery (MOD) is a barrier that may hinder breastfeeding practices. However, research examining the association between MOD and exclusive breastfeeding at hospital discharge is lacking. OBJECTIVE To examine the association between MOD and exclusive brea...

Modern medical opinion is almost universally in favour of breastfeeding as the best food for newborn infants. Yet this was not always the case. American social historian Rima Apple has argued convincingly that medical attitudes in the United States undermined breastfeeding in the first half of the twentieth-century. She explains how the concept of ‘‘scientific motherhood’’, successfully promote...

National Breastfeeding Project in Thailand began in 1989. The main activities were the promotion of the Baby-Friendly Hospital Initiative; legislation on maternity leave; and the Code of Marketing of Breastmilk Substitutes and related products. The development of Baby - Friendly Hospital Initiative may in part explain the increasing of prevalence rate of breastfeeding. However exclusive breastf...