International Journal of Advances in Nursing Management

  • Year: 2018
  • Volume: 6
  • Issue: 4

Knowledge of Postnatal Mothers on Breast Milk Expression and Storage in a Selected Hospital of Mangalore, Dakshina Kannada

1Lecturer, Mother College of Nursing, Thrissur

Asst. Professor, C.U. Shah Institute of Nursing, Gujarat

Abstract

Breastfeeding has many advantages for mother and the baby. Sucessful initiation of breast feeding is the first step towards good nutrition. Breast feeding is thenatural step after the childbirth and it is a very special gift from mother to her baby. The use of expressed breast milk has been advocated as an effective way of propsepcts of storage of expressed breast milk for any considerable period of time is unavoidable in neonatal units and in many households, especially among working mothers who need to report back to work soon after delivery.

Keywords

Breast feeding, Breast milk storage, initiation of breast feeding, breast milk expression