The current recommendation from the World Health Organization is for all babies to be exclusively breastfed for the first 6 months of an infant's life. Unfortunately, very few mother-baby dyads actually reach this goal. Many babies are supplemented with formula within the first few days of life. Along with the potential implications supplementation has for breastfeeding, there are also long lasting implications for a mother's emotional health which impacts the family as a whole. This presentation will outline the common reasons why babies are supplemented, the impact it has on breastfeeding self efficacy and duration, and simple strategies the perinatal care provider can use to improve breastfeeding exclusivity and duration while at the same time helping to protect mothers' emotional health.
Learning Objectives:
Objective 1: Understand the common reasons for supplementation and distinguish which reasons indicate a medical need for supplementation rather than a psychological one Objective 2: Identify the ways in which supplementation interferes with maternal breastfeeding self efficacy and reduces breastfeeding duration and self efficacy
Objective 3: Identify at least 3 ways that healthcare providers can reduce medically unnecessary supplementation of breastfeeding
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