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Breastfeeding Questionnaire

The document discusses best practices for successful breastfeeding, including mother-friendly hospital policies, immediate skin-to-skin contact, and rooming-in. It covers proper breastfeeding positioning for baby and mother, signs of good attachment, feeding cues for babies, hormones involved in milk production, and definitions of exclusive breastfeeding and on-demand feeding. The key recommendations are for skin-to-skin contact right after birth, rooming-in to allow babies to feed on cue, ensuring proper attachment and positioning during feeds, and exclusively breastfeeding on demand for optimal health benefits.

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Breastfeeding Questionnaire

The document discusses best practices for successful breastfeeding, including mother-friendly hospital policies, immediate skin-to-skin contact, and rooming-in. It covers proper breastfeeding positioning for baby and mother, signs of good attachment, feeding cues for babies, hormones involved in milk production, and definitions of exclusive breastfeeding and on-demand feeding. The key recommendations are for skin-to-skin contact right after birth, rooming-in to allow babies to feed on cue, ensuring proper attachment and positioning during feeds, and exclusively breastfeeding on demand for optimal health benefits.

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Labour and delivery techniques that can increase the likelihood that breastfeeding will begin
successfully.
✔ Mother-friendly care policy which allows the husband to accompany the mother, allows light
meals during labour, and non-drug methods of pain relief
✔ Skin-to-skin immediately after birth
✔ Practicing rooming-in

2. Importance of rooming-in
● Mothers will recognize baby feeding cues
● Mothers will be encouraged to breastfeed their babies as often and for as long as the babies
want
● Bonding and developing confidence in caring for the baby

3. Breast engorgement prevention:


● Correct attachment
● Good Positioning
● Suckling well

4. Good breastfeeding positioning for baby;


● Baby’s body in line
● Baby’s body close to mother’s body
● Baby’s head, shoulder and whole body supported
● Baby’s facing the breast with baby’s nose opposite the nipple

5. Breastfeeding position;
 Cradle
 Cross cradle
 Football hold
 Lying down/side

6. Sign of good attachment


❖ Baby’s mouth wide open
❖ Lower lip is turned out
❖ Chin is touching the breast
❖ Most areola visible above baby’s mouth than below
Can hear the baby swallowing, cheeks are full, the baby takes slow, deep sucks, and sometimes
pause for a while.

7. Signs of feeding cues


▪ Baby open his mouth; search for breast
▪ Make suckling sound or stick out tongue, smacks or licking lips
Make rapid eye movements, even before his eyes open
▪ Get restless and may cry

8. Hormones that responsible for milk production


Prolactin- Milk-Secreting Hormones
Oxytocin- Milk Ejecting Hormones

9. Why staff does not allow to receive any milk samples?


Against BFHI policy- Code of ethics
10. When do mothers receive education about breastfeeding?
During ante-natal check-ups, parent craft class

11. Importance of skin to skin


⮚ Calm mother and baby
⮚ Help to stabilise baby’s heartbeat & breathing
⮚ Keeps baby warm
⮚ Assist with metabolic adaption and stabilize baby blood glucose
⮚ Facilitate bonding

12. What does it mean with “exclusive breastfeeding”?


Feeding your baby only breast milk, not any other foods or liquids (including infant formula or water)
except for medications or vitamin- If medically indicated

Why exclusive breastfeeding is important?


- Reduce infants death- reducing diarrhoea and infectious disease
- Reduce risk of respiratory infection for baby
- Getting right antibodies to protect bb from illness
- Develop jaw, teeth and speech

13. What you understand with breastfeeding on demand?


Breastfeeding on demand (also known as “responsive feeding,” “feeding on cue,” and “baby-led”
feeding) is the practice of responding flexibly to your baby’s hunger cues.

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