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Breastfeeding and Pumping Schedule for stay at home Mom

Breastfeeding is feeding your child with breast milk in early years of life. Breastfeeding is necessary at initial stages of life for the normal health and safety of a child’s normal metabolism. When kids can’t chew or swallow, mothers need to feed them liquid milk in the first two years of life.

Breastfeeding

Benefits of Breastfeeding

1. Calcium supply and bone growth:  

Height is demarcated by bone. At early stages of life, initial addition of calcium to diet is needed for bone ossification and growth. Calcium intake is essential. A mother’s healthy diet can progress into calcium supply and better growth of bone. Thus, a healthy mother can raise a healthy child. 

2. Hormone imbalances: 

Breast milk is necessary for certain hormones to reach a child’s blood. At early stages, metabolism is high, nutrients and hormones are needed by the body to work and this can be achieved by hormones only.

3. Immunity:

Antibodies are essential for active and passive immunity in early stages of life. Such immunity can only be achieved when the blood of a child is exposed to such antibodies and antigens. This immunization can be provided by breastfeeding the milk for immunity.

mother cradles her baby

4. Development of affection and feelings:

A research shows that skin to skin interaction and release of oxytocin via child’s sucking develop psychological effects on both mother, and child. Such kids have deep affection and emotional connection with their parents.

5. Muscles and brain development:

Brain and muscle development is necessary for a child’s growth. Breast milk contains all the nutrients necessary for brain and muscle development. If a child is deprived of milk in initial years of life, the kid might develop serious health issues including muscle fragility and brain malfunction.

Breastfeeding can be Administered via Pumping too.

Pumping is the use of suction pump to store breast milk especially when mothers are busy either working or have other reasons including breast or skin infections.

Pumping can either be manual, single or double electric pumping.

It has following benefits:

1. For managing a schedule:

Pumping is effective method for managing a schedule. To maintain a schedule, you need to pump milk at regular intervals and can feed your child according to your schedule.

2. To relieve from pain:

Pumping is necessary when you are following some schedule, and you are in engorgement. Pumping can relieve you from it and you can feed child accordingly.

3. For working women:

Woman who do not have time to feed kids at regular intervals daily, can pump their breasts, store milk and caregivers can feed their kids later on. Such kids are not deprived of basic nutrition and can take it as scheduled.

breastfeeding mother

4. Weak kids who cannot suck:

Children with infections or disabilities of mouth or pharynx, who cannot suck effectively can be given already pumped blood. This can prevent spread of infections too.

5. Women with Less milk production:

Suction increases blood flow to mammary glands. Increase in suction increases oxytocin and thus the milk production increases. Woman whose blood productions is decreased can use pumping to increase production of milk. Pumping at regular intervals will stimulate the glands and milk can be increased effectively.

SCHEDULE FOR PUMPING MILK AS PER AGE:

AGEPUMPINGMLFREQUENCY
NEW BORN8 TO 10 TIMES120-170 MLEVERY 3-4 HOURS
CHILDREN UPTO 3 MONTHS5 TO 6 TIMES170-230 MLEVERY 4-5 HOURS
6-MONTHS CHILD4 TO 5 TIMES170-230 MLEVERY 3-4 HOURS
12 MONTHS1 TO 2 TIMES170-230 MLEVERY 3-4 HOURS

Do not hesitate while contacting a public health provider for any query about breastfeeding. Misinformation might lead to serious issues associated with malnutrition of a child or upset mother due to engorgement. It’s a natural phenomenon where all mammals feed their kids with milk, feel free to share and communicate with your doctor. A healthy mother means, healthy lactation and healthy child only.

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