This is the controversial document on breastfeeding that Fraser Health has now pulled off its site. It includes information on the detriments of using just formula to feed your newborn. It also offers parents a "Mother-Baby Feeding Plan."
This is the controversial document on breastfeeding that Fraser Health has now pulled off its site. It includes information on the detriments of using just formula to feed your newborn. It also offers parents a "Mother-Baby Feeding Plan."
This is the controversial document on breastfeeding that Fraser Health has now pulled off its site. It includes information on the detriments of using just formula to feed your newborn. It also offers parents a "Mother-Baby Feeding Plan."
This is the controversial document on breastfeeding that Fraser Health has now pulled off its site. It includes information on the detriments of using just formula to feed your newborn. It also offers parents a "Mother-Baby Feeding Plan."
Breastfeeding is the normal way to feed your baby.
Sometimes breastfeeding is hard at first. We can help you!
DID YOU KNOW.?
Although most babies grow on formula, studies show the routine use of formula comes with some risks to both mothers and babies For the first 4-6 months babies can`t protect themselves from infections very well; breast milk helps protects them. The protection lasts as long as they breastfeed - and longer.
Colostrum (the first milk) coats and protects baby`s gut: Even one feed of formula can damage that coating and make illness more likely.
Babies who do not receive breast milk are more likely to get "#$%#&#'(%) #**%+"" (%, ,#"+("+: Diarrhea and vomiting (~68 higher rate)* Colds, flus, ear and chest infections (77 more hospitali:ation for chest infections)* Diabetes ( ~ 20 - 42 higher rate)* Certain childhood cancers (Leukemia. ~ 16 20)* Bowel diseases Obesity ( ~ 7 26 higher risk) Sudden Infant Death Syndrome ('SIDS~ 38.5 higher risk*) Also, non-breastIed children may score a bit lower on IQ tests**
Mothers who mainly feed their babies formula have some higher risks: Type II diabetes (usuallv ~ 4 13 higher risk) Bleeding problems after childbirth Breast cancer before menopause ( ~ 30 higher rate than women who breastfed for 1 vear) Ovarian cancer (~ 22 higher risk)* And.mothers can take longer to lose their pregnancy weight ***
Even small amounts of breastmilk can help your baby. When you can`t feed your baby your own breastmilk or banked breast milk, commercial infant formulas are next best.
Fraser Health Breastfeeding Practice Advisory Council, December 2012
*Ip, Chung, Raman, Chew, Magula, DeVine, Trikalinos, Lau. BreastIeeding and Maternal and InIant Health Outcomes in Developed Countries. Agency Ior Health Care Research & Quality , Pub. No. 07-007, April 2007. **Michael S. Kramer, et. al. BreastIeeding and child cognitive development. New evidence Irom a llarge randomized trial. Archives of General Psvchiatrv. 2008;65(5):578-584. ***Baker, Gamborg, Heitmann, Lissner, Sorensen, Rasmussen BreastIeeding reduces postpartum weight retention. American Journal oI Clinical Nutrition, doi:10.3945/ajcn.2008.26379, Vol. 88, No. 6, 1543-1551, December 2008
Mother-Baby Feeding Plan Canadian Pediatricians (baby doctors) recommend breastfeeding. You may have valid reasons for choosing formula. Please read this, talk to your nurse/midwife/doctor about feeding your baby, and check off and initial your plan. However you feed, in the first few weeks remember to spend daily skin-to-skin time with your baby. This helps your baby`s development.
-./0123//4567 88888888888 (Initials) I choose to breastIeed and do not want my baby to get any Iormula or bottles. I know that breastIeeding early and oIten (at least 8 times/24 hours) helps us both: my breast milk supply will increase sooner and Iaster my breasts will not get so hard and sore (engorged) my baby will have lots oI practice breastIeeding
II my baby is unable to breastIeed initially, someone will talk to me about milk expression and methods other than bottle to Ieed my baby. ---------------------------- ----------------------------
95:/4 3//4567 88888888888 (Initials) I want to breastIeed, but there will be times when baby is hungry and I want my baby to get some Iormula. I know giving bottles in the early days oI breastIeeding can cause problems: my baby may have trouble going back on the breast aIter using a bottle nipple my baby may not want to breastIeed iI Iull Irom Iormula my breast milk supply may take longer to increase because my baby is not sucking as much at the breast my breasts may become hard and sore (since my baby is not removing the milk). Then my baby could have trouble latching on, and my milk supply could eventually go away. iI I continue giving Iormula it is likely I won`t have enough milk Ior my baby`s needs. I understand that Iormula Ieeding increases the risk Ior my baby and myselI Ior the conditions listed on the opposite page.
563062 3;.9<=0 3//4567 88888888888 (Initials) I want my baby to be Iormula Ied. I know that: Iormula is provided Iree while I am in the hospital once I am at home, I will need to buy Iormula Ior nine to twelve months (extra costs Irom $60 to $150 /month) I will need to learn how to prepare Iormula and bottles under sterile conditions and proper concentration to protect my baby`s health. powdered Iormula is not sterile, so I will use liquid Iormula iI my baby is premature or ill (unless my doctor gives diIIerent instructions). it may be hard to change to breastIeeding aIter a Iew Ieeds/days oI Iormula Ieeding. I understand that Iormula Ieeding increases the risk Ior my baby and myselI Ior the diseases listed on the opposite page. "#$%&'() *+,&" ################################# -+$&" ########################
FH BreastIeeding Practice Advisory Council, December 2012; adapted Irom BC Women`s Mother-Baby Feeding Plan Printshop # 256687