NU661 Primary Care Childbearing Woman Midterm
Exam 2024/2025 verified questions and answers
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What are the breastfeeding benefits for mother?
reduces postpartum blood loss, breast cancer, ovarian cancer,
type 2 diabetes, hypertension, cardiovascular disease, hyperlipidemia,
increases rapid uterine involution, response to infant cues, and dyad bonding
behaviors.
What are the breastfeeding benefits for baby?
Reduces neonatal death, SID, necrotizing enterocolitis, otitis media,
eczema, asthma, childhood leukemia, obesity, celiac disease,
inflammatory bowel disease, respiratory tract infection, oral malocclusion, and
Type 2 diabetes, and increases test scores.
What are the Contraindications to breastfeeding
1) HIV
2) galactosemia in baby
3) HSV if lesions on breast
4) HBV until neonate has received HBV vaccine
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5) Acute maternal disease if absent in infant (e.g., tuberculosis , sepsis)
6) Breast cancer receiving tx
7) Substance abuse
8) Drugs, as shown on the following table
Breastfeeding recommendations
Exclusive breastfeeding for 6 months, up to 1-2 years and beyond
Substances to avoid when breastfeeding
Alcohol, Amphetamines, Benzodiazepines, Buprenorphine, Cocaine, Illicit
opioids, Marijuana, Methadone, and Nicotine.
Calorie intake when breastfeeding
1800cal/day
Storing breastmilk
-On the counter it is good for 4 -6 hours
-In the body of the refrigerator it is good for 7 days