Create a Patient Information Handout Regarding Breastfeeding/Formula

BREASTFEEDING VERSAS FORMULA- NUTRITION
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This worksheet focuses on breastfeeding verses formula-nutrition with the aim of disclosing the pros and cons of the two methods. Breast milk as compared to the formula-nutrition is considered to be the best feeding approach since breast milk contains antibodies that remain beneficial for the baby in fighting bacteria’s and viruses an aspect that this paper seeks to disclose (Boulay et al, 2015)..REASTFEEDING VERSES FORMULA- NUTRITION
This worksheet focuses on breastfeeding verses formula-nutrition with the aim of disclosing the pros and cons of the two methods. Breast milk as compared to the formula-nutrition is considered to be the best feeding approach since breast milk contains antibodies that remain beneficial for the baby in fighting bacteria’s and
viruses an aspect that this paper seeks to disclose.
Breastfeeding Pros

Breast Feeding Cons

* Considered as the best natural baby food compared to the baby formula especially during the first four months of birth (Boulay et al, 2015)

* The mother needs to breast feed more often to keep the supply of milk constant thus enlarging the protrusion of the breasts.

* Breast milk is always available and free of charge compared to the baby formula.

* Mothers need to be careful about what they eat and the medicines they use since they are bound to pass through breast milk (Boulay et al, 2015).

* Breast milk has been proven to contain active infection-fighting nutrients and white blood cells that give infants protection against infections during the first four months of life (Boulay et al, 2015).

* The changes in the size of the breasts may cause the breasts to sag and look stretched upon completion of the process.

* Breast milk can be used to prevent SIDS, known to many as the sudden infant death syndrome.

* Breastfeeding has the capacity to make the libido lower

* Contains perfect nutrition’s required by babies that include calcium, carbohydrates, and fat.

* Breasts are likely to be engorged with milk; an aspect that makes them swollen, hard, and painful, with this considered making a breastfeeding woman prone to mastitis (Benja...