ANSWERS [ALREADY GRADED A+} REAL EXAM 100%
Dont want. a baby to lose more than ____% of their body weight - ANS✔✔---7%
*also weight gain should be seen after 5th or 6th day*
**if more than 7% is lost, there should be a prompt and intensive evaluation of breastfeeding
International Code of Marketing of Breast-milk substitutes - ANS✔✔---Intended to protect and
promote breastfeeding through the provision of adequate information on appropriate infant feeding
and the regulation of the marketing of breastmilk substitute, bottles, and teats.
- no promotion of substitutes to the general public
- no promotion of these substitutes from health professionals to families
-restriction of interaction of employees of companies that make, sell, or distributed products covered by
the Code with the general public, healthcare facilities, systems, and childbearing families
, BFHI - ANS✔✔---Baby-friendly Hospital Initiative
in 2018, WHO and UNICEF published revised BFHI implementation guidance
encourage hospitals and birth facilities to develop policies and implement practices that support parents
in learning appropriate, responsive infant feeding
Hospitals have to fully implement the ten steps to successful breastfeeding
-requires on-site survey to have Baby-friendly destination
Lactogenesis III requires which of the following to succeed
A. Frequent milk removal and nipple stimulation.
B. Adequate rest and alternating starting breast at each feed.
C. Adequate protein and carbohydrates for the mother.
D. Adequate maternal hydration and lack of maternal stress. - ANS✔✔---Frequent milk removal and
nipple stimulation
Which of the following mechanisms cause oxytocin to be released?
A. Complete delivery of the placenta
B. Elevated levels of gastrointestinal hormones
C. Frequent feeding and milk removal
D. Nipple stretching with appropriate latch-on - ANS✔✔---Nipple stretching with appropriate latch-on
Two major hormones - ANS✔✔---Oxytocin and prolactin
Prolactin - ANS✔✔---Hormone responsible for milk production
- Prolactin receptors all throughout body, all humans have prolactin all the time
- Nipple stimulation (T4) that is really responsible for prolactin increase
- Levels rise during breastfeeding, levels decrease between nursing
- As frequent of breastfeeding decreased, prolactin levels decrease as well
-not decreased by stress