Milk Compositions of Mothers Who Breastfeed as Tandem

Launched by SAKARYA UNIVERSITY · Aug 13, 2020

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Background: Considering the health benefits both for the infant and the mother, American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) and World Health Organization (WHO) recommend only mother's milk in the first six months of life and then continuing breastfeeding for at least two years with complementary feeding (Eidelman, 2012; Topal et al., 2011). A review of the breastfeeding status of babies in Turkey reveals that breastfeeding is common, but it is not at a satisfactory level in terms of the length of time babies are given mother's milk only or in the total length of breastfeeding. One of the most impo...

Gender

FEMALE

Eligibility criteria

• Inclusion Criteria:
• • Being mature newborn (\<37 GW) Being a mother who in third trimester The mother's lack of a health problem from a metabolic and endocrine perspective related to nutrition Absence of diagnosed psychiatric story of the mother Mother's openness to communication and cooperation Mother's volunteering to participate in the study Mother being literate Having multigravida of the mother Mother's age above 18 years Being a mother non-vegetarian Being a mother non-smoker Absence of breast trauma in mother (mastitis, abscess etc.) Mother's milk analysis at least a week before without taking any medication Having body mass index at normal values (18.5 to 24.9) pre-pregnancy (WHO, 2015).
• Exclusion Criteria:
• • Having a condition that obstacle for breastfeeding (craniofacial abnormality such as cleft palate, cleft lip, paralysis of facial muscles)