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Question:
When should breastfeeding be initiated after birth?
Answer:
Immediately after birth
Question:
What does the 1st hour of the baby's life determine?
Answer:
How they adapt to their environment
,Question:
What helps a baby regulate their temperature, heart rate, and breathing?
Answer:
Skin to skin contact
Question:
What benefits of Colostrum does a breastfeeding baby receive within the 1st
hour after birth?
Answer:
Boosts immune system
Protects them from disease & illness
Question:
What Benefits does breast feeding provide to newborns?
Answer:
Stabilized blood glucose
Decreased rate ear infection/Asthma/SIDs
Low risk for developing diabetes/leukemia/obesity
Increases chance of breast feeding longer
Decreases risk of infection
,Question:
How long does it take for milk to come in for a mother?
Answer:
a few days
Question:
What Benefits does breast feeding provide to the mother?
Answer:
Causes uterus to contract = reduced bleeding
Lower rate developing breast/ovarian cancers
Decreased rate developing diabetes
Lower risk postpartum depression
Increased milk supply
Earlier return to pre-pregnancy weight
Increases maternal-infant bonding
Question:
What assessment findings indicate successful independent breast feeding?
Answer:
Everted nipples
Soft non-tender breasts
Mother holds infant closer to breasts in various positions
, Infant swallows spontaneously/frequently
Question:
How do we assess adequate infant intact while breastfeeding?
Answer:
infant should be gaining weight and should have 6 wet diapers/day
Question:
What should breast feedings baby's stools transition from and to?
Answer:
from Meconium stool to yellow loose seedy stools
Question:
What is a Plugged milk duct?
Answer:
an area of obstructed ductal system
Nipple pore is blocked