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- Title
Initiating and Supporting Breastfeeding: Guidelines for Interventions during the Perinatal Period from the French National College of Midwives.
- Authors
Pommeret‐de Villepin, Brune; Barasinski, Chloé; Rigourd, Virginie
- Abstract
Exclusive breastfeeding is recommended for children for the first 4 to 6 months of life, with complementary foods added thereafter. It is the most ecological way of protecting the child's and mother's health. Training of health professionals is required to avoid transmitting inconsistent information in 3 areas: 1) implementing these 3 predictors: safe skin‐to‐skin, first breastfeed, and rooming‐in 24/7; 2) teaching and monitoring: i) early signs of waking and feeding rhythms, ii) positioning and latching, and iii) signs of effective transfer; and 3) referring women to specialized support services if difficulties arise (eg, inadequate milk production, pain, cracked nipples, engorgement). Breastfeeding should continue during mastitis or an abscess. Ultrasound‐guided needle aspiration is beneficial in treating an abscess. Précis: Information is provided to enable health professionals to better support breastfeeding and help women with the most common difficulties, thus promoting breastfeeding initiation and duration.
- Subjects
MATERNAL health services; OCCUPATIONAL roles; SOCIAL support; BREASTFEEDING promotion; MEDICAL protocols; CONTINUING education; BREASTFEEDING; CHILD health services
- Publication
Journal of Midwifery & Women's Health, 2022, Vol 67, pS56
- ISSN
1526-9523
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/jmwh.13420