Two days ago, the IV Breastfeeding Training Course for Residents and Pediatricians organized by the Spanish Association of Pediatrics (AEP) was held in Salamanca. Breastfeeding is very beneficial for mother and baby, and more and more specialists are trained in it to try to help mothers solve problems that may arise during this process.
The course has emphasized the importance of starting breastfeeding within the first hour after delivery, and it has been advised that family and friends limit visits during the first days so as not to hinder the beginning of breastfeeding.
Restrict visits to promote a good start of breastfeeding
When a baby is born, a mother is also born (even for the second, third, fourth time ...). And at that precise moment both must begin to know, touch, love and smell no distractions or visits that interrupt The moment continuously.
Everyone knows how important it is to start breastfeeding within the first hour after birth, but no mother is born knowing and even if she has previous experience breastfeeding, the circumstances of the birth and the time she is living, can alter the known .
Therefore, mother and newborn should be able to enjoy time together without interruption, where both can meet and start breastfeeding without pressure, glances, comments or interruptions of any other kind.
"Like any process, it takes an apprenticeship on the part of both - baby and mom - in terms of posture, grip or knowing when the baby wants to breastfeed" - says Dr. Laura San Feliciano Martín, professor of the University of Salamanca and coordinator of the IV Training Course in Breastfeeding.
And this is something that many mothers have been asking for some time, sometimes even facing criticism from family and friends, who do not quite understand our position and do not willingly accept not being able to visit the newborn whenever they want.
But, luckily, more and more specialists realize how unhelpful it can be for breastfeeding, visits to the recent mother:
"Visits, mobiles, gifts, etc., often distract mothers and do not breastfeed the child for long periods" - says the doctor, who also proposes very short and few visits.
Initial difficulties faced by nursing mothers
This course has also talked about the main problems that some mothers face at the beginning of breastfeeding. Bad grip, cracks, mastitis and pain they represent between 5% and 10% of the initial abandonment of breastfeeding, according to Dr. Marta Díaz, coordinator of the Breastfeeding Committee of the AEP.
Other problems that mothers face are caused by jaundice or hypoglycemia of the newborn, which usually are solved by increasing the number of shots and assessing that these are adequate.
Medication and breastfeeding
During the course it has been emphasized that most medications are compatible with breastfeeding, although there are still many mothers who, poorly advised by their doctors, continue believing they can't take anything while breastfeeding their babies.
This causes that when they have to medicate they end up abandoning breastfeeding for that reason, despite the fact that there is no real danger "more than in a very small percentage of products", said Dr. Diaz.
Therefore, it is important that if we are breastfeeding our baby and we must take some medication, let's consult our doubts with a specialized doctor or with knowledge in breastfeeding.
Likewise, pediatricians have recalled the importance of the nursing mother taking iodine supplements and carrying out a varied and complete diet.
This course, which has had presentations by pediatricians from several hospitals in Spain, has also served to address other important issues such as breastfeeding in special situations (multiple or premature births), milk banks, breastfeeding and work, prolonged and / or tandem breastfeeding, or the importance of workshops and support groups.
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