bottle vs breast feeding

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Is there a weaker bond between mother and infant, if the mother had an episiotomy or if the infant was premature and what role do nurses have in the maternal-infant bond?

WIC stands for Women Infant and Children. It's a state funded program that provides nutrition for the low income. Formula vouchers are given.

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I thought woman could only get WIC if they breast feed....

no they pay for your formula too

wic is a federal program that helps individuals under a certian income with food items before and after pregnancy

they pay for cheese milk juice peanut butter before you have the baby and after they can loan you a breast pump or they can pay for your formula they continue to give you other food items After your baby is off the formula they pay for more juices pb milk and cheese

you have to attend nutritional classes and health classes once a month

you can look it up online or in the phone book it stands for women infants and children

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Interesting, Palesarah. I'm a pretty committed bf mom and grew up watching my mom bf'ing my younger siblings, but I still had difficulties with latch etc and I don't think it was all in my head.

I certainly didn't mean to imply that it was all in your head. I hope that's not what you got from my post. I think there's more involved than just each mom & baby, though, both biologically and pyschologically.

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Specializes in Specializes in L/D, newborn, GYN, LTC, Dialysis.

The baby-mom diad is different in each case. That is why God made Lactation consultants (just kidding). I do know some whom you would expect to have no problem---encounter huge hurdles in trying to breastfeed---others whom you think would have trouble, go without a hitch. No one would imply that troubles encountered in breastfeeding is in anyone's head, who has any experience at all working w/mom/baby couplets. We know differently, believe me.

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Slightly off topic, but I am of the opinion that once a baby is started on the bottle, it takes a very resilient mother to get it to take breast. Anyone seen a successful breastfeeding AFTER the introduction of bottles, I would love to know. I always encourage mothers to breastfeed in the hospital even if they want to supplement later.

With my first son he was given formula for 3 days when he was 3 days old for jaundice. (My ped. wanted him to be only on formula when he was in the hospital for jaundice). I pumped while he was hospitlized and we had few problems with him latching on after he got home. (We had less problem w/ BF after he was released for jaundice than before he went in for it). He nursed for 11 months with a few bottles of fomula here and there.

With my 2nd son he was given formula shortly after birth and he took to the breast great when he was brought to me later. He was also admitted for jaundice at 4 days old and had to be supplemented w/ formula while he was in the hospital because I couldn't pump enough for him. Once he came home he wouldn't take a bottle (w/ BM or formula) and BF until he was 10 months old.

So I do know that some kids that are given bottles very early will still BF afterwards. It did take extra time for them to get the hang of it (I don't know if it was because they were given formula or if it was because they were early and I didn't know what I was doing) but they did great.

JMO

Erin

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Specializes in Med/Surg, Nurse Educator..

the best time to breastfeed is the first hour after birth....good for the child and advantage for mothers....

;)

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I really wanted to see the grasp reflex where the baby climbs up the abdomen and finds his way to the breast but it flew out of my mind.

I saw this on the Kangaroo Care video (fascinating BTW) and I was AMAZED! It's so primal and instinctual. I LOVED it. Wish I had seen it before I was done having babies.. though I can attest to the fact that if you co-sleep with no shirt on that baby WILL find the breat LIKE IT OR NOT!

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I thought woman could only get WIC if they breast feed....

Nope... as long as they have a baby and the financial need they can get it (even during pregnancy).

LOVE YOUR PICTURE BTW! Absolutely gorgeous.. when is Baby due?

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Specializes in Practice Nursing, Postnatal Nursing.

I think all my three had formula in hospital, that was in the days when hospitals just did it. Now their has to be a medical reason to supplement and consent must be signed by the parents. However, when we got home, not one of my three would take a bottle in any way shape or form, no matter what it had in it. They all weaned straight from breast to sipper cup.

Our policy here is breast within an hour of birth and I've seen some midwives hurry it up if theres a bit of active bleeding happening too. (ecbolics aren't routinely given here, they are discussed and consented for and usually only given if too much blood for the midwives comfort zone, or a long drawn out labour/2nd stage)

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You can also get WIC if you have a high rish or multiple pregnancy. When I was preggo with my twins I received it and also I think for their first year. It saved me a small fortune on formula for sure.

I never nursed the twins, although I nursed my single birth child.

Recenlty helped a mother of twins with overnite nanny svc and she was nursing- NONSTOP! I felt so bad for her. She was being a martyr insisting on doing it despite it affecting her. In the evenings, the tykes were so famished they would nurse for like 4 hours then want more!One day she had a whole 2 hrs not nursing! She had a C section and got Bells Palsy from the stress and also anemic.

She finally relented and started to supplement with bottle feedings at nite so she could actually sleep. I reminded her that this could be a temporary thing, and she did not have to continue, but where her milk prod was down and she desperately needed to rest, it worked out well! First morning she actually had color in her face- changed woman!!

Babies liked both and adapted very well.

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Many of my Hispanic pts do both successfully. I find that the success rate of br and bottle feeding goes up if mom has bf before. She knows how to get the baby to latch and tends to be less easily frustrated if there's not instant success. As always, there are exceptions but that is generally what I've found.

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On topic but off focus: I was reading/studying on Type 1 DM which is so HUGE right now, especially in younger girls: apparently autoimmune 2ndary to a common viral infection.

Anyway, there was a recent study that said bf reduced the likelihood of type 1 DM by 50% - With how rampant Type 1 has become (something has changed, either in our environment, the drugs/chemical that surround us, or the structure of that virus) - that ALONE is a reason to encourage BF over bottle.

I was in Bible class last week and we were talking about 'if you could have anything you wanted, would it really bring you happiness?' and a college-aged girl piped up "A new pancreas, and YES!"

bottle-feeding: paid for by WIC, breastfeeding: costs in time effort and maintenance of health/diet, Reducing by half the risk of type 1 DM for my child: priceless.

~faith,

Timothy.

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