• A.D.D. A.D.H.D.
• Antibiotics
• Babies and Summer Heat
• Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
• Conceiving
• Conception Care
• Dysmenorrhoea
• Endometriosis
• Exercise
• Fasting Diet
• Female Infertility
• Herbal Medicines versus Fertility Drugs
• Hormonal Imbalance
• Hysterectomy
• I Am Consciousness
• Menopause
• Male Infertility
• PCOS
• The DNA Difference
• The Dreaded Itch
• The Effects of Drugs on Conception
• The Overweight
• Thrush
• Breastfeeding for the Best Start
• Water Retention
• Tonsils and Grommets



Search Site

 

Breastfeeding for the Best Start in Life

By Karin Dudeney and Stacey Roberts

In the past breastfeeding was natural instinct. It wasn’t until the early 1900s did humans substitute artificial feeding such as broths and formula for newborns. Prior to this, just like mammals in the wild, breastfeeding was our only choice. Aunts, sisters and even grandmothers fed the babies when mum was not available. We learned how to breastfeed by watching family and friends nurse their children as breastfeeding was   openly conducted in front of everyone and happened to be the “norm”.

Breastfeeding varies today by not having breastfeeding as openly practised in our community, and then after baby is born we may leave the hospital as early as 24 hours with little or no preparation for the days and months to come. Mothers feel after this time it is all too overwhelming and discontinue breastfeeding due to feeling inadequate about whether they are giving their baby the best they possibly can due to lack of information and education. Largely most issues complicating breastfeeding are easily preventable through the correct information and education.

Breastmilk has no substitute and is vital in infant development. It has shown in recent studies to reduce the risks of certain diseases in infancy, childhood, and adulthood due to recent information showing breast milk contains immune properties that can help to deal with exposure to infectious agents. Gastrointestinal illness in infants has shown to have lesser incidence with fewer symptoms when contracted in the breastfed baby. A book by the Australian Breastfeeding Association called “Breastfeeding Management” explains that there is further chance of general infections such as respiratory, ear, and urinary and higher chance of asthma, septicaemia and meningitis in fully artificially fed infants and elevated likelihood of developing of obesity, and coeliac disease in later life. Mothers who have breastfed have shown lower incidences of breast, uterine and ovarian cancer and osteoporotic disease.

Breastfeeding offers a chance for mum to connect with her baby or reconnect after a traumatic birth or early separation due to birth complications. Baby led breastfeeding or breastfeeding according to need (when baby cries or searches for the breast) provides a connection either instantaneously or as baby grows helping to develop a special bond between the two.

Here at Sharkeys Healing Centre we believe that every mother can breastfeed and through education and support we can give you this opportunity through our up to date specialized breastfeeding training programme especially designed for pregnant mothers wanting to breastfeed and for new mothers struggling with breastfeeding. We believe if you are well informed and know the way breastfeeding works, you and your baby will have a fantastic breastfeeding relationship. At Sharkeys we want you to have the option to giving your child the healthiest start in life so give us a call at 07 5527 2248 or email us at info@sharkeyshealingcentre.com.au and find out how we can help you.Sharkeys Healing Centre

copyright Positive Image Publishing 2005-2007