Successful breastfeeding at the time of hospital discharge has a strong correlation with breastfeeding duration postpartum. Clinicians can optimize breastfeeding rates by understanding how common hospital practices influence breastfeeding. Topics addressed include skin-to-skin, hypoglycemia, jaundice, feeding frequency, pacifiers and the non-latching baby.
Learning Objectives:
Objective 1: Identify 3 key hospital routines that enable breastfeeding within the first hour after birth. Objective 2:
Describe the physiologic triggers that lead to lactogenesis II. Objective 3:
Name 2 reasons why a newborn breastfeeding baby might have exaggerated jaundice. Objective 4:
List 4 risk factors for neonatal hypoglycemia.
Identify 2 ways to support breastfeeding when a newborn has not yet latched by the time of hospital discharge
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