breastfeeding
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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
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- Breastfeeding.Disease-a-month : DM · 2008
- Breastfeeding: population-based perspectives.Pediatric clinics of North America · 2013
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Article
105 sectionsContents
- 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
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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.