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Normal Neonate#3
Infant Feeding
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Colostrum | breast fluid secreted during PG & the first week after birth |
| Engorgement | swelling of the breasts resulting from enlarged lymph glands, increased blood flow, and accumulation of milk when milk production begins |
| Foremilk | first breast milk received in a feeding |
| Hindmilk | breast milk received at end of feeding; higher fat content than foremilk |
| Latch-on | attachment of infant to breast |
| Let-down reflex | milk ejection reflex |
| Mastitis | inflammation of the breast, usually d/t infection |
| Mature milk | breast milk that appears after 2 weeks of lactation |
| Milk ejection reflex | release of milk from the alveoli into the ducts |
| Nonnutritive sucking | sucking during which no milk flow is obtained |
| Nutritive sucking | steady, rhythmic suckling at the breast or sucking on a bottle to obtain milk |
| Oxytocin | hormone produced by the posterior pituitary glad that stimulates uterine contractions and the milk ejection reflex |
| Prolactin | anterior pituitary hormone that promotes growth of the breast tissue and stimulates production of milk |
| Suckling | giving or taking nourishment from the breast. Sometimes used interchangeably with sucking, which only refers to the drawing into the mouth with a partial vacuum |
| Transitional milk | breast milk that appears between secretion of colostrum & mature milk |
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