World Breast Feeding Week

World Breast Feeding Week : 

1^st – 7^th August 

Breast feeding 

‘A Mother’s Weapon for Health’

Mumbai 30 July 2014: The World Breast Feeding Week will be celebrated on 1^st – 7^th of August this year.  The main focus is to encourage breastfeeding and improve the health of babies around the world. According to statistics, out of 27 millions babies born in India each year, close to 1.2 million babies do not get past the first one month. This is due to poor neonatal care and malnutrition.

Dr. Meghna Shah, B.H.M.S, Dean at The Other Song - Homoeopathy clinic and Academy, said “There is no doubt that breastfeeding is the most natural and beneficial way to feed your baby and it can be a rewarding experience for both mother and baby.  However, it helps to keep in mind that the early days are a learning period for both mother and baby, but with the right support and information at this time, most women breastfeed successfully. Homeopathic remedies are reportedly very safe for nursing moms and babies. As mothers, we know that there is no better nourishment for our babies than breast milk.”

Whatever a mother eats, drinks or uses medicinally, will influence her milk supply. Because of this superbly close affinity between the mother’s health and her milk, it’s vital that it be full of rich nutrients and clean of any harmful substance from the likes of over-the-counter meds, antibiotics or steroids.

But what if the mother gets sick? Well, that’s where homeopathy comes in to play.

Homeopathy addresses the entire person. Additionally, drugs tend to suppress the illness, while homeopathy helps the body overcome it. Homeopathy has no side effects and will not interfere with any other medications or procedures. Plus, it’s the gentlest and also most powerful way to give the gift of robust health to both mother and child. When a breastfeeding mother becomes sick, I strongly encourage her to try homeopathic remedies.This means that the remedies a mother might use for acute illnesses (mastitis, yeast infections, UTI’s, colds, flu’s, ear infections, etc) are both gentle and safe. Homoeopathy also helps to build bones and teeth enamel, strengthening blood vessels and arteries, and building strong and resilient blood, skin, hair and nails.  Will also be of excellent help to nourish and fortify the infant’s health, too. A nursing mother gets the best of both worlds when she uses homeopathic remedies. Not only is her health gently and safely restored and supported, but in the process, her baby’s health is also nourished with every nursing moment.

HERE ARE SOME PROBLEMS ENCOUNTERED DURING BREAST FEEDING THAT HOMOEOPATHY CAN HELP WITH...

·         Low milk supply accompanied with depression, and perhaps retained placenta.

·         An overabundance of milk or underabundance, often with anxiety and low self esteem.

·         An oversupply of milk, with stoic sadness or grief with little or no crying, and then only in private.

·         Lack of milk with grief and crying, even hysterically.

·         For scanty or profuse supply with sadness with every ';let down'; reflex.

·         Weeps while breastfeeding and needs a lot of support and company.

·         Post partum depression/post partum  psychosis

·         Engorged breast

·         Breast abscess

·         Mastitis

Homoeopathy is not only safe and curative in lactating mothers but also in infants it has excellent results with utmost safety. Homoeopathy when introduced at this stage to infants (often the remedy is administered to the mother and through her feeds it will be effective on the baby), helps in building a strong immunity and resistance power in infants.

SOME FACTS ABOUT BREAST-FEEDING

1.       Babies feed from both breasts, they receive visual and tactile stimulation during feeds on alternate sides. This helps brain development in the area of left or right hemispherical dominance.

2.       Infants’ eyesight, speech and jaw development are all known to be enhanced by breastfeeding.

3.       Breastfed babies have a higher resistance to disease and are less likely to become sick.

4.       Breastfeeding is one of the recommendations for lowering the risk of SIDS.

5.       Breastfeeding may lower the risk of your baby developing juvenile diabetes in the future. It may also reduce the risk of heart disease.

6.       Breastfeeding helps a mother’s body return to its pre-pregnant state more quickly. Many women also find they lose excess weight while breastfeeding.

7.       Breastfeeding delays the return of menstruation in most women. Breastfeeding’s contraceptive effect can delay the return of fertility in most women.

Dr. Meghna Shah said, ‘this is to encourage to all the lactating mothers to not stop breast feeding your child with the fear of the medicine interaction or any other problems related to nursing. We have the best to offer to you, so that the bonding with your child becomes stronger right from birth by breast feeding, which is every mother’s right. Thus for all the mom’s make your mothering period wonderful and memorable with the memories of your tiny tot’.