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Root of Life;Breastfeeding

Sierra Moon Campbell

Will you Breastfeed your Child?

• A. Yes

• B. No

• C. I don’t know

Symbol of Life

The History of Breastfeeding

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14th-15th Century

The Only Option

The Natural Norm

“benefits of breast milk for the elderly

and the infirm”

16th- 17th Century

• Wealthy woman choose wet nurses

• Some poor woman leave own to be paid to wet nurse- big business

18th-19thCentury

18th Century

Wet Nursing Continues

19th Century• Pediatric• Industrialization• “Science”

Pediatric Practice

• Physicians developed their own formulas, mother had to return for updated formula

• Mothers breast milk changes with babies needs, when baby needs it to

Industrialization

• Woman in the work place

• Leaving babies for work= formula

• Urbanization,

formula seen as modern

“Science”

• Science introduced, scientific fascination, science answer to everything

• Henri Nestle combines wheat flour, sugar and cow’s milk and calls it

• “scientifically correct”• Concept that science is

better then nature

“the commercialization and medicalization of infant care established an environment that made artificial feeding not only acceptable to many mothers but also natural and necessary”

20th Century• Parent magazine, 1938,

“many woman unable to nurse”

• La Leche League Mother to Mother responds 1955

• 1972 Lowest Rate- 22%• 1981 WHO Code- 118

votes pro, 1 con (US)• 1994, US joins 13 years

later• 1989- Baby Friendly

Hospital Initiative• 1995 WIC National

Promotion Project

Healthy people objectives

• 1990- DHHS

By 2000:• 75% at discharge• 50% at 6 months

By 2010:• 75% initiation• 50% at 6 months• 25% at 12 months

2004 Breastfeeding Statistics

Initiation 70.1%

6 months 33.2%

Why promote breastfeeding?

• Human Health• Recommended by

authority AAP, WHO• How can we not • Infant benefits• Mothers benefits• Economic benefits• Environmental benefits• Global benefits

What a Baby Needs to Develop

• Touch• Interaction• Response to needs• Food• Shelter/ Environment

Nutritional benefits of Breast Milk

Breast milk is the perfect source of nutrition for infants. Breast milk contains appropriate amounts of carbohydrate, protein, and fat. It also provides digestive enzymes, minerals, vitamins, and hormones that all infants require. Breast milk contains valuable antibodies from the mother that can help the baby resist infections

Infant Benefits

• Defense Agents• Cancer• Bowel disease• Diabetes• Dental health• Obesity

While breastfeeding may not seem the right choice for every parent…..

It is the right choice for every infant

Maternal Benefits

• Reduced Cancer

• Delays Fertility

• Oxytocin

• Emotional, less post partum

• Rest- CCK

EconomicsBreastfeeding Saves Money

Every $1 spent manufacturing costs are 16 cents

• Total Conservative Estimate of savings

$4.18 BILLION

Environmental Benefits

• No Bi-Product of Breast milk, result are pure nutrition

• Formula Bi-Products– Bottles– Liners– Caps– Nipples– WATER– Energy

Corporate versus Natural Feeding

Formula

It’s all about profit

FDA ALERTS PUBLIC REGARDING RECALL OF

POWDERED INFANT FORMULA

• FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEP02-46November 1, 2002

• Media Inquiries: 301-827-6242Consumer Inquiries: 888-INFO-FDA

“The gap between medical science and medical practice is well established. Studies in the U.S. and elsewhere report that there is little relationship between published research and medical practice. Disarmingly, practitioners frequently report they are aware of new findings or guidelines but have not changed their practice” -Pediatrics, June 1995

MOTHERS MILK IS MAGIC

Advocating for Breast MilkAwareness and Education

• In good general health • Willing to undergo a blood test (at the milk bank's expense) • Not regularly using medication or herbal supplements (with the

exception of progestin-only birth control pills or injections, Synthroid, insulin, pre-natal vitamins; there are other exceptions, please contact a milk bank for more information)

• Willing to donate at least 100 ounces of milk • Mothers' Milk Bank

Valley Medical Center751 S. Bascom Ave.San Jose, CA 95128 Phone: (408) 998-4550Fax: (408) 297-9208

•In good general health •Willing to undergo a blood test (at the milk bank's expense) •Not regularly using medication or herbal supplements (with the exception of progestin-only birth control pills or injections, Synthroid, insulin, pre-natal vitamins; there are other exceptions, please contact a milk bank for more information) •Willing to donate at least 100 ounces of milk

Mothers' Milk BankValley Medical Center751 S. Bascom Ave.San Jose, CA 95128 Phone: (408) 998-4550Fax: (408) 297-9208

Breastfeeding Around the World

44%

Global Breastfeeding

• New Open Market• Breastfeeding not

Modern• Bottle feeding is

healthier• Medically False

Information• 1.5 million children die

each year due to contaminated water in formula

Global Imposition of Formula

Will you Breastfeed?

• A. Yes• B. No• C. I don’t know

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