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Breastfeed Working Mom (II) - Using A Breast Pump

How Do I Use A Breast Pump? Before using your breast pump for the first time it is a good idea to read through the entire instruction manual. The instruction manual can help you learn the right way to assemble and use your pump. It should also include the manufacturer's contact information. If the instruction manual is missing from the box, check the outside of the box for a customer service line you can call to request a copy. Wash and Dry Your Hands Before using your pump, wash your hands with soap, scrubbing for 10 -15 seconds, then rinse with plenty of warm water. After washing, dry your hands thoroughly with a clean paper towel. You do not need to wash your breasts before you pump unless you have been using a cream, ointment, or other product on your breasts that must be removed first. Check the labels on products you have been using and ask your doctor for advice. Assemble Your Pump Consult your pump's instruction manual for the proper way to assemble your pump. Get Comfortable Find a clean and comfortable place where you can relax and not be disturbed while pumping. If you have an electric pump, find an area near an out let so you can plug the pump in. Some mothers find it helpful to hold their baby, or to have a picture of their baby in front of them while they pump. Position the Breast-Shield(s) Consult your instruction manual for tips on positioning your nipple in the breast-shiled(s). Your nipple should fit comfortably in the center of the opening in the breast-shield(s). Gently adjust the breast-shield(s) until it feels comfortable without pinching, pulling or otherwise irritating your nipple or breast tissue. Begin Pumping If your pump is electric or battery-powered, turn the switch to the on position. If you are using a manual pump, begin pumping. Consult your instruction manual for suggestions on an appropriate pumping speed. Adjust the speed until you find one that is comfortable for you. How Long Should I Pump and What Can I Expect? A qualified health care professional can help determine the best pumping method for you. The amount of milk produced is different for everyone. A typical pumping session lasts about 10 -15 minutes per breast, but you should only pump as long as it is comfortable and productive for you. Your breast milk may not flow immediately after you start pumping, so try to be patient. When it does flow, your milk should be collected in the container attached to your pump. If milk is leaking out of your pump, stop pumping and make sure you have assembled the pump correctly before trying again. If your pump continues to leak, call the manufacturer's customer service line for help. When you have finished pumping gently insert a finger between your breast and the breast-shield to break the vacuum seal. Remove the bottle of milk from the rest of the pump, and label the bottle with the date and time of pumping before storing it in the refrigerator or freezer. [Source: Breastfeeding.com]

Breastfeeding - Cuts Cancer Risks in Mothers (II)

Suckling helps prevent post-partum haemorrhage

Nursing her baby causes the mother's body to release oxytocin, which stimulates contractions which help shrink the uterus back to pre-pregnancy size while expelling the placenta.

These contractions also shut off the maternal blood vessels that formerly fed the baby and discourage excessive bleeding. Woman who choose not to breastfeed must be given synthetic oxytocin to insure against haemorrhaging.

Breastfeeding decrease insulin requirements for breastfeeding mothers who are diabetics.

Breastfeeding is a natural contraceptive

This is true only if you are exclusively breastfeeding, and have not gotten your period back following childbirth. Night nursing encourages longer amenorrhoea (periodlessness). If you really don't want to get pregnant again, use some back up birth control even if you haven't gotten your period again. You will have no way of knowing when your first ovulation will occur, and by the time you figure it out you may be expecting! Still, generally speaking, breastfeeding contributes to optimum child spacing.

Protects you against anaemia (ifon deficiency)

Since many exclusively breastfeeding mother do not begin to menstruate for a year or longer, their iron stores are not depleted by monthly bleeding.

Self confidence booster for mom

There is nothing more amazing than looking at plump 6-month=old baby and knowing that the only nutrition this happy little creature has received has come from your own body.

[Source:CAP GUIDE: Breastfeeding makes your child more intelligent & healthy]

Breastfeeding - Cuts Cancer Risks in Mothers (I)

Breastfeeding reduces your risk of breast cancer

A fishing community living on boats in the delta of the Pearl River, Hong Kong, always breastfed their babies from one breast only, the right one, because their dress traditionally opened this side.

In a study of the relation between breastfeeding and cancer on the womenfolk there done by doctors in 2 hospitals in Hong Kong, it was found that 27 out of 34 women over 55 had breast cancer in the breast which they had not used for feeding.

Not breastfeeding increase your risk of developing ovarian cancer.

Not breastfeeding increase your risk of developing endometrial cancer.

Breastfeeding helps you get back into shape

Breastfeeding requires an average of 500 extra calories per day. Mothers who breastfed exclusively or partially had significantly larger reductions in hip circumference and were less above their pre-pregnancy weights at 1 month post -partum than mothers who fed formula exclusively.

Suckling helps shrink your uterus after childbirth

Nursing will help you to regain your figure more quickly also because the process of lactation causes the uterus (which has increased during pregnancy to about 20 times its normal size) to shrink more quickly to its pre-pregnancy size.

On the other hand, the uterus of the non-breastfeeding mother will never shrink back to its pre-pregnant size. It will always remain slightly enlarged.

[Source:CAP GUIDE: Breastfeeding makes your child more intelligent & healthy]

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Formula For Disaster (II)

Formula feeding increase baby's risk of ear infections

According to a 1994 study, otitis media (ear infection) is up to 3-4 times more prevalent in a formula-fed infants. In another study of Canadian Eskimos, it was found that middle ear infections where 5 times as common in the bottle-fed.

Formula-fed babies have a higher risk of developing certain childhood cancers (eg:lymphomas)

• A Lancet study found that bottle-fed children have twice the risk of getting cancer before they reach 15, compared to babies breastfed 6 months or more.
  
  
• A 1995 Swedish study has the answer: Mother's milk induce cancer cells to take their own lives!

According to 1993 study, formula feeding may increase risk of sudden infant death syndrome.

Formula-fed babies are more at risk for obesity in later life.

BREAST MILK IS THE PERFECT BABY FOOD

Breast Milk is Superior Infant Food

No one has ever proved otherwise. The highest praise a formula manufacturer can give his product is that it is "most like mother's milk" or "nearer to mother's milk" - there is nothing suprior.

Breast milk always has the right propotions of fat, carbohydrates and protein. Formula companies are constantly adjusting these proportions looking for the best composition.

The reality is that a mother's milk composition changes from feeding to feeding depending on the needs of her child.

Infant formula can never duplicate human milk, which contains at least 100 ingredients not found in formula. Among them are living cells, hormones, active enzymes, immunoglobulins and compounds with unique structures - all of which cannot be replicated in infant formula.

Breast milk is more digestible than formula

Babies can digest human milk more easily than the milk of other animals, probably because human milk contains an enzyme that aids in this process. Breast milk forms softer curds in the infant's stomach than cow's milk (the basis for most formula) and is more quickly assimilated into the body system.

While it contains less protein than does cow's milk, virtually all the protein in breast milk is available to the the baby. By contrast, about half the protein in cow's milk passes through the baby's body as a waste product. Similarly, iron and zinc are absorbed better by breastfed babies.

Perfect food for sick baby

When a formula-fed baby gets a gastrointestinal ailment they are usually put on an artificial electrolyte solution because formula is too hard for them to digest. Breast milk, however, is easily digested, and soothing to the intestines, so there is no need for artificial and expensive electrolyte solutions.

If a baby gets a respiratory illness, formula may cause even more mucus.In contrast, breast milk contains antibodies to these ailments, as well as being highly digestible and not contributing to excess mucus formation.

Breast milk contains no genetically engineered materials

Most consumers are completely unaware of how much genetically engineered food they are consuming because these foods are usually no labelled as such.

Genetic ID, a company in Fairfield, Iowa, tested 4 soy-based baby formulas for genetically engineered ingredients. All four, Carnation Alsoy, Similac Neocare, Isomil and Enfamil Prosobee, tested positive ("Biotechnology's Bounty", M.Burros, New York Times, 21.5.1997)

Contains no synthetic growth hormones

Since many cows in the US are now routinely ingesting synthetic growth hormones to artificially increase their milk production, it stands to reason that these hormones are also getting into the US formulas, some of which are exported here.

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