Question

• Summarize factors known to be associated with higher and lower rates of breastfeeding, and the gap between current rates and the Breastfeeding Goals for the United States.

Assess the nutrition status of breastfeeding women and breastfed infants:

• List five common breastfeeding conditions.

• Identify positive and negative impacts of maternal medications on mother’s breast milk.

Answer 1

factors that are associated with higher rates of breastfeeding

• educational status of the families.
• multiparity
• healthy status of the mother

factors that are associated with lower rates of breastfeeding

• conditions like - latching pain, cracked nipples, plugged ducts, etc.
• hesitation in public breastfeeding.
• age

Breastfeeding Goals for the United States.

• improvement of the health status of both women and infants.
• increase in the count of first-year babies.

List five common breastfeeding conditions.

• latching pain - a common problem for the first time breastfeeding.
• cracked nipples - this happens because of dry skin.
• plugged ducts - because of infection in the mammary ducts.
• mastitis - is a kind of bacterial infection, that causes flu-like symptoms.
• low milk supply

Identify the positive and negative impacts of maternal medications on a mother’s breast milk.

negative impacts -

• medications containing gold salts can cause rashes, hematological abnormalities in babies.
• medications containing high doses of iodine can cause hypothyroidism in infants.

positive impacts -

• some drugs are galactagogues which help in the stimulation of prolactin and hence improvement in the milk supply.
• homeopathy and herbal medicines are safe both for the mother and infant as they do not have any side effects.