LACTATION CONSULTANT EXAM 2025|
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What does the AAP recommend? - Correct Answer--that infants be
breastfed exclusively for the first 6 months of life but should continue for at
least 12 months.
-if infants are weaned before 12 months, they should receive iron-fortified
infant formula
Women most likely to breastfeed - Correct Answer-women over 30,
caucasian and well educated
Benefits of breast-feeding - Correct Answer--contains growth factors that
promote development of the brain and GI system
-bacteriologically safe
-has nutrients that are more easily absorbed than in formula
Contraindications of breastfeeding - Correct Answer--galactosemia in infant
-active TB
-HIV
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-T-cell lymphotropic virus I or II
-maternal chemotherapy or therapeutic radioactive isotopes
-maternal use of "street drugs"
Galactosemia - Correct Answer-not able to digest galactose- baby will die.
People who have immigrated from poorer countries think that: - Correct
Answer-formula is better
US-born hispanic women: - Correct Answer-are less likely to initiate breast-
feeding
Muslim and jewish cultures: - Correct Answer-value breastfeeding
Anatomy of breast - Correct Answer--composed of 15 to 20 segments
(lobes) embedded in fat and connective tissues
-well supplied with blood
What are in each lobe of the breast? - Correct Answer-alveoli, the milk-
producing cells, surrounded by myoepithelial cells