Literature review for - Flourish Paediatrics

Notes:
In the 2003 Infant Feeding Guidelines the following table summarised the main factors
associated with decreased breastfeeding performance in Australia:
Factors negatively associated with breastfeeding initiation and duration
maternal smoking
use of a pacifier
breast nipple trauma and mastitis
perceived maternal milk insufficiency
poor maternal - self esteem / - self confidence/ - coping capacity
a maternal body mass index > 30.
Summarised from (Baghurst and Binns 2003)
In the Perth Infant Feeding Study II the prevalence of perceived breastmilk insufficiency is
shown in the following table:
Anxiety over milk supply Perth Infant Feeding Study II 2005
Hospital 4
months
10
months
16
months
22
months
32
months
40
months
52
months
Insufficient/ 12.8 10.1 5.8 4.1 4.1 2.9 1.5 2.3
inadequate
milk supply
(%)
Baby not 3.1 2.3 0.6 0.5 0.3 - - -
gaining
enough
weight (%)
Baby - 1.6 1.1 0.5 0.3 1.1 - 0.6
feeding too
often/ not
satisfied
(%)
Baby
refuses to
breastfeed/
prefers
bottle (%)
- 1.4 1.9 1.1 2.5 3.6 1.0 2.9
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