Promoting and Protecting Breastfeeding Hazel Woodcock Infant Feeding Coordinator RFT Obstetrics & Gynaecology
Why doesn’t everyone breastfeed? • Age, social class and education • Cultural norms • Lack of confidence - Not enough milk? • Drug or medical C/I’s- rare • Lack of information - About breastfeeding About the risks of not BF About the support available
ROTHERHAM BF INITIATION 2010/11
South Yorkshire BF Initiation Q 1 April – June 2011
What are we doing to implement change? The Unicef UK Baby Friendly Initiative - BFI Recommended by: • Department of Health • NICE Postnatal Care Guidance 2006 • Nice Maternal & Child Nutrition Guidance 2008
Department of Health Directives • Healthy Lives, Healthy People, Nov 2010 • Operating Framework, Dec 2010 • NHS Outcomes Framework, Dec 2010 • Maternity NSF • Children’s NSF • National Obesity Strategy • Healthy Child Programme
Baby Friendly – What is it? It’s the expected minimum standard of care and health care organisations will be judged by their progress Informed choice discussion in pregnancy Best practice care postnatally Ten Steps for Maternity Units Seven Points for Community Facilities
So how can we protect breastfeeding? • Antenatally - don’t ask intention • Promote skin to skin contact at delivery -“The • • golden hour” - and return baby to mum after successful resuscitation, including in theatre Offer assistance with the first feed to ALL mums discuss benefits of colostrum, mothers who intend to AF can give a first BF, some continue Kangaroo Mother Care on NNU and support for early and frequent milk expression – pump loan Plenty of support networks Supplementation only when clinically required –
WHO International Code of Marketing for Breastmilk Substitutes • No advertising of breastmilk substitutes bottles and teats in the health care system and to the public • No free samples to pregnant women, mothers or health professionals • No contact between marketing personnel and mothers or pregnant women • Appropriate labelling and information
Local Policy Strategic Plan 2010 -2015: Better Health, Better Lives. Health & Wellbeing Strategy 2011 Maternity & Newborn Care Strategy 2010 -2012 Rotherham Child Health Promotion Programme The Rotherham Breastfeeding Policy 2010
Better Health, Better Lives 2010 -2015 “Increasing breastfeeding duration rates to 35% in Rotherham will reduce hospital admissions in children under one year old by 5% (225 admissions). ” duration ie at 6 – 8 weeks
What else can medical staff do ? • Discuss benefits, on admission, with parents • of babies on SCBU, including donor milk (check local policy) Consult appropriate sources if asked about safety of medication for BF mothers www. ukmicentral. nhs. uk • Know how to refer to experienced BF support • when there are feeding problems Reinforce DH and WHO weaning advice - no other fluids or food till around six months
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