PPN-301 POSTPARTUM CARE EXAM REVIEW GUIDE
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Week 9: Infant Feeding - Breastfeeding
● Fosters optimal growth and development
Postpartum Care ● Provides an opportunity for social and psychological interaction between
parent and infant
● Helps to establish a basis for developing good eating habits and influence l
ifelong health habits
● Human milk is the gold standard of infant nutrition
○ Exclusive breastfeeding - infant receives no other liquids or solids
(includes vitamin and mineral supplements
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- The breast milk that comes from mom in the first three days is called
colostrum; it is a small but highly heavy and nutritious.
- Full of amino acids, fat and makes a huge difference. This milk also has
antibodies
- F rom days 5-25 this milk is diluted but still has amino acids etc, but less of it
- Ideally moms should just breastfeed for 6 months without any additives
Benefits of breastfeeding
● For Infant/child
○ Reduce infant/child mortality
■ Babies also lose weight during breastfeeding WHY? It is
because babies have fluid retention.
● ENSURE MOM THAT THIS IS A NORMAL FINDING
○ Enhance maturation of the gastrointestinal tract and immune factors
○ Decrease risk for gastroenteritis, celiac disease, crohn disease,
necrotizing enterocolitis in preterm infants, obesity
■ Decrease risk of type 1 diabetes in babies by breastfeeding
○ Helps protect against otitis media, respiratory illnesses, bacteriemia,
and bacterial meningitis
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Lower incidence of certain allergies among breastfed infants,
particularly for families at high risk
○ Less ely to die from SIDS
lik Bottle fed babies are at a higher risk of SIDS compared to
■ breastfeed babies. WHY? Well, unlike breast milk,
formula doesn’t provide the same immune-boosting
antibodies or anti-inflammatory properties that help protect
babies from i nfections.
■ Breastfed babies often develop better respiratory and
autonomic system regulation, which helps with breathing and
heart rate stability during sleep.
■ Bottle-fed babies may also sleep for longer, deeper periods,
which can increase the risk of SIDS since they are less likely to
wake up during breathing irregularities.
● Remember!!!! SIDS is caused by when a baby throws
up, the vomit goes into lungs CHILD ASPIRATES AND
DIES :(
○ Protective effect against childhood lymphoma and type 1 and type 2
diabetes mellitus
○ Decreased risk of dental malocclusions
○ Enhance cognitive developmental for term and preterm infants
○ Pain relief for newborns undergoing painful procedures
● Mother
○ Decreased postpartum bleeding and more rapid uterine involution
■ BREASTFEEDING HELPS WITH BABY BONDING AND
BRINGING BACK THE UTERUS! HOW? Oxytocin, helps
contract and organs go back to normal
○ Decrease risk of ovarian cancer, breast cancer, rheumatoid arthritis,
hypertension, hypercholesterolemia, cardiovascular disease, type 2
diabetes
○ Helps in rapid postpartum weight loss - breastfeeding helps lose the
extra calories
○ Delayed return of menses
○ Unique bonding experience
○ Increase maternal role attainment
○ May provide protection against perinatal mood disorders when
breastfeeding difficulties addressed
Physiology of Lactation
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Week 9: Infant Feeding - Breastfeeding
● Fosters optimal growth and development
Postpartum Care ● Provides an opportunity for social and psychological interaction between
parent and infant
● Helps to establish a basis for developing good eating habits and influence l
ifelong health habits
● Human milk is the gold standard of infant nutrition
○ Exclusive breastfeeding - infant receives no other liquids or solids
(includes vitamin and mineral supplements
, lOMoARcPSD|22962964
- The breast milk that comes from mom in the first three days is called
colostrum; it is a small but highly heavy and nutritious.
- Full of amino acids, fat and makes a huge difference. This milk also has
antibodies
- F rom days 5-25 this milk is diluted but still has amino acids etc, but less of it
- Ideally moms should just breastfeed for 6 months without any additives
Benefits of breastfeeding
● For Infant/child
○ Reduce infant/child mortality
■ Babies also lose weight during breastfeeding WHY? It is
because babies have fluid retention.
● ENSURE MOM THAT THIS IS A NORMAL FINDING
○ Enhance maturation of the gastrointestinal tract and immune factors
○ Decrease risk for gastroenteritis, celiac disease, crohn disease,
necrotizing enterocolitis in preterm infants, obesity
■ Decrease risk of type 1 diabetes in babies by breastfeeding
○ Helps protect against otitis media, respiratory illnesses, bacteriemia,
and bacterial meningitis
, lOMoARcPSD|22962964
○
Lower incidence of certain allergies among breastfed infants,
particularly for families at high risk
○ Less ely to die from SIDS
lik Bottle fed babies are at a higher risk of SIDS compared to
■ breastfeed babies. WHY? Well, unlike breast milk,
formula doesn’t provide the same immune-boosting
antibodies or anti-inflammatory properties that help protect
babies from i nfections.
■ Breastfed babies often develop better respiratory and
autonomic system regulation, which helps with breathing and
heart rate stability during sleep.
■ Bottle-fed babies may also sleep for longer, deeper periods,
which can increase the risk of SIDS since they are less likely to
wake up during breathing irregularities.
● Remember!!!! SIDS is caused by when a baby throws
up, the vomit goes into lungs CHILD ASPIRATES AND
DIES :(
○ Protective effect against childhood lymphoma and type 1 and type 2
diabetes mellitus
○ Decreased risk of dental malocclusions
○ Enhance cognitive developmental for term and preterm infants
○ Pain relief for newborns undergoing painful procedures
● Mother
○ Decreased postpartum bleeding and more rapid uterine involution
■ BREASTFEEDING HELPS WITH BABY BONDING AND
BRINGING BACK THE UTERUS! HOW? Oxytocin, helps
contract and organs go back to normal
○ Decrease risk of ovarian cancer, breast cancer, rheumatoid arthritis,
hypertension, hypercholesterolemia, cardiovascular disease, type 2
diabetes
○ Helps in rapid postpartum weight loss - breastfeeding helps lose the
extra calories
○ Delayed return of menses
○ Unique bonding experience
○ Increase maternal role attainment
○ May provide protection against perinatal mood disorders when
breastfeeding difficulties addressed
Physiology of Lactation
