Breastfeeding

Question 1

What cancer is a woman at a decreased risk of if she breastfeeds?

Answer 1

Breast cancer

Question 2

Children at an increased risk of infections if they are breastfed. T/F?

Answer 2

F - decreased risk

Question 3

How long should babies be breastfed for?

Should babies be given any other food/drink in this time?

Answer 3

6 months

No not even water - this is different in formula fed babies which are allowed water in heat/when ill

Question 4

When should babies try to move from breast milk onto solid food?

Can breastfeeding still be continued?

Answer 4

6 months

Yes for as long as the mother wishes - generally up to 2 years

Question 5

What vitamin should be recommended to pregnant and breastfeeding women as well as infants under 1 year?

Answer 5

Vitamin D

Question 6

What is the name for the first very nutrient rich milk a mother produces?

When does it start getting produced?

Answer 6

Colostrum

Mid-pregnancy

Question 7

Mature milk has the same overall daily intake of immune proteins as colostrum. T/F?

Answer 7

T

Question 8

How should a babies mouth be positioned for effective latching to the breast?

Answer 8

Widely-gaped with tongue over lower lip

Question 9

What hormone is released in high amounts when mothers and babies are in close physical contact?

Answer 9

Oxytocin

Question 10

How long can expressed breastmilk be stored in the coldest part of the fridge?

Answer 10

5 days

Question 11

What is mastitis?

Answer 11

Red inflamed breasts

Question 12

What can aid with mastitis and engorgment of the breast?

Answer 12

Expressing a little milk before feeds

Don’t stop - will make it worse

Fluocloxacillin - same as cellulitis

Question 13

Babies should be encouraged to finish their full bottle of formula milk. T/F?

Answer 13

F - this can lead to obesity

Question 14

What type of feeding is more associated with obesity?

• Breast
• Formula?

Answer 14

Formula

Question 15

What effect can a prominent linguinal frenulum have?

How can this be helped?

Answer 15

Tongue tie - can affect breastfeeding

Surgery - tongue tie division

Question 16

If a mother is found to have strep B infection in her blood should she continue to breastfeed?

Answer 16

Yes
Infection can only spread through skin to skin contact with infected skin not through breastmilk

Blood borne infections do not spread through breast milk (HIV is potential contradiction to this)

Question 17

A mother to be presents being on previous meds, she is concerned that when she starts breastfeeding this will go into her breastmilk and pass onto her baby.

Where can you go to check if drug is safe for breastfeeeding?
What advice should she be given around taking meds with a baby?

Answer 17

Take as a single dose (where poss.) immediately after breastfeeding and during the babies longest sleep period

Lactmed and breastfeeding network

Question 18

How many times should a baby be feeding in the initial weeks?

Answer 18

8-10 times a day