breastfeeding

Also known as nursing, breast-feeding, breast feeding, Nursing, nọọsụ, nzulite, na-enye ara

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Breastfeeding is the process of feeding a baby milk produced by the mother's breast. It is an important way to nourish infants and provide them with essential nutrients during their early development.

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Research

78,152 papers

Breastfeeding: uncovering barriers and offering solutions.Current opinion in pediatrics · 2018
Breastfeeding and depression: a systematic review of the literature.Journal of affective disorders · 2015
Breastfeeding.Current opinion in obstetrics & gynecology · 1990
Breastfeeding.Disease-a-month : DM · 2008
Breastfeeding: population-based perspectives.Pediatric clinics of North America · 2013

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Contents

Breastfeeding physiology
Lactogenesis I and other changes in pregnancy
Lactogenesis II
Lactogenesis III
Breast milk
Nutritional content
Bioactive content
Process
Commencement
Breast crawl
Preterm or low-tone infants
Timing
Duration and exclusivity
Supplementation
Position
Latching
Making use of anatomy and reflexes
Bringing the infant in to latch
Signs of a good, deep latch
Signs of a poor, shallow latch
Let-down reflex
Problems with breastfeeding
Inverted nipples
Use of pacifiers
Ankyloglossia
Engorgement
Nipple pain
Delay in milk "coming in"
Low milk supply
Newborn jaundice
Weaning
Extended breastfeeding
Professional breastfeeding support
Contraindications to breastfeeding
<big>Maternal contraindications</big>
<big>Maternal infections</big>
[[HIV]]
[[Human T-lymphotropic virus]] (types I and II)
Hemorrhagic viral disease ([[Marburg virus disease|Marburg virus]], [[Ebola]])
[[Tuberculosis]]
[[Herpes simplex]]
[[Herpes zoster]] (chickenpox and shingles)
[[COVID-19]] (no contraindication)
<big>Substance use</big>
Alcohol
Marijuana
Tobacco
Other recreational drugs
<big>Medication use</big>
Pumping-and-dumping
<big>Infantile contraindications</big>
[[Galactosemia]]
Methods
Expressed milk
Storage of expressed breastmilk
Breastmilk storage containers
Shared nursing
Tandem nursing
Re-lactation and induced lactation
Health effects
Baby
Growth
Infections
Mortality
Childhood obesity
Allergic diseases
Backwash effect
Other health effects
Intelligence
Mother
Maternal bond
Fertility
Postpartum bleeding
Weight retention
Chronic conditions
Dysphoric milk ejection reflex
Social factors
Social support
Maternity leave
Healthcare
Caesarean section
Breast surgery
Medications
Medical conditions
Ethnicity and socioeconomic status
Social acceptance
Location
Prevalence
History
Society and culture
Financial considerations
Criticism of breastfeeding advocacy
Social marketing
Baby Friendly Hospital Initiative
Representation on television
Religion
Transgender women
Workplace
Research
See also
Sources
References
Bibliography
Further reading
External links

Breastfeeding, also known as nursing, is the process whereby breast milk is fed to an infant or toddler. Infants may suckle directly from the breast, or milk may be extracted with a pump and then fed to the infant. The World Health Organization (WHO) recommends that breastfeeding begin within the first hour of a newborn's birth and continue as the baby wants. Health organizations including the WHO recommend exclusively breastfeeding for six months; this means that no other foods or drinks—other than vitaminD supplement—are typically given. The WHO recommends then continuing breastfeeding with appropriate complementary foods for up to 2 years, and beyond. Between 2015 and 2020, only about 44% of infants worldwide were exclusively breastfed in the first six months of life.