Maternal and Infant Benefits of Breastfeeding

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Introduction
Pregnant women and their partner are faced with many new challenges when welcoming a newborn into the world, which can often be very overwhelming. When it comes to feeding their newborn it is important that as nurses, we provide them with up to date information regarding feeding methods. This helps new parents make informed decisions in regards to which method is the best method for them. The following paper will discuss scientific evidence that supports both maternal and infant benefits of breastfeeding.
Literature Review
There has been research conducted and evidence collected to support that breastfeeding has many maternal benefits for “women who breastfeed, particularly to or beyond 1 year” (Godfrey & Ruth, 2010, p. 1598). These women have a reduced risk of developing many diseases and conditions, for example ovarian cancer, type 2 diabetes, postpartum depression and decreased postpartum bleeding (Godfrey & Ruth, 2010).
A study was conducted to determine if breastfeeding reduced the likelihood of ovarian cancer in 2005 (Luan, Wu, Gong, Vogtmann, Wang & Lin, 2013). They compared the women who breastfed with those who did not and determined that breastfeeding is associated with a decreased risk of ovarian cancer. Research supports that the longer a woman breastfeeds, the lower her risk is of developing ovarian cancer (Luan et al., 2013).
It has been established that longer periods of breastfeeding is related to a decrease in the occurrence of type 2 diabetes in women. It is believed that lactation is responsible for this reduction by increasing the body’s effectiveness to balance the amount of glucose in the blood and the amount of glucose needed in the cells (Godfrey & Ruth, 2010).
It is not uncommon for a woman ...

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...tfeeding: A Holistic Concept Analysis. Public Health Nursing,
31(1), 88-96. doi:10.1111/phn.12047. Retrieved from http://onlinelibrary.wiley.c om.libproxy.cbu.ca:2048/doi/10.1111/phn.12047/pdf Godfrey, J., & Lawrence, R. (2010). Toward Optimal Health: The Maternal Benefits of
Breastfeeding. M.D. Journal of Women’s Health, 19(9), 1597-1602. doi:
10.1089/jwh.2010.2290. Retrieved from http://web.b.ebscohost.com.libpr oxy.cbu.ca:2048/Legacy/Views/static/html/Error.htm?aspxerrorpath=/ehost/pdfviewer/pdfviewer Luan, N.N., Wu, Q.j., Gong, T.T., Vogtmann, E., Wang, Y.L. & Lin, B. (2013). Breastfeeding and Ovarian Cancer Risk: A Meta-Analysis of epidemiologic studies. Retrieved from http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23966430 Ricci, S.S. (2013). Essentials of Maternity, Newborn, and Women’s Health Nursing (3rd ed.). Philadelphia PA: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins.

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