As a result of the "Breastfeeding support policy" studies recommended by the Ministry of Health and UNICEF, our hospital was entitled to receive the title of "Baby Friendly Hospital" in 2004 and was given a plaque.
OUR BREASTFEEDING POLICY
TEN STEPS TO SUCCESSFUL BREASTFEEDING
Basic Management Practices
1. A breastfeeding policy is created in the organization to protect, encourage and support breast milk and breastfeeding practices.
a) The “International Code of Marketing of Breast Milk Substitutes” and the relevant decisions of the World Health Assembly are fully implemented.
b) A written “infant feeding policy” is created that is shared with staff and parents at regular intervals.
c) Continuous monitoring and data management systems are established.
2. It is ensured that staff are equipped with the necessary knowledge, competence and skills to support mothers in breastfeeding.
Basic Clinical Practices
3. Pregnant women and their families are informed about the importance and management of breastfeeding.
4. Mothers are supported to start breastfeeding as soon as possible by ensuring skin-to-skin contact with their babies as soon as possible after birth and to ensure that contact continues uninterrupted.
5. Mothers are supported in initiating and maintaining breastfeeding and managing common difficulties.
6. Unless there is a medical necessity, no food or liquid other than breast milk is given to the newborn.
7. Mothers are kept together with their babies and are provided with the same room 24 hours a day.
8. Mothers are supported in recognizing and responding to the signals their babies give when they are hungry.
9. Mothers are provided with counseling services on the use of bottles and pacifiers and their risks.
10. Parents and their babies are informed about the centers where they will access continuous support and care services for breastfeeding before discharge.
**Successful Breastfeeding Recommendations should be used as a standard to be evaluated based on the service provided in all health institutions.
GIVE YOUR BABY ONLY BREASTFEEDING FOR THE FIRST 6 MONTHS.
START SUPPLEMENTARY FOOD FROM THE 6TH MONTHS ON.
CONTINUE TO GIVE BREASTFEED UNTIL THE AGE OF TWO AND BEYOND.
BREASTFEEDING IS THE MOST PERFECT WAY TO TRANSFER LOVE
• Our hospital is a Baby-Friendly hospital.
• Child health and diseases clinics, gynecology and delivery room personnel are regularly provided with "Breastmilk and Breastfeeding" training in line with the policy.
• Unless medically necessary, the mother and baby stay together (rooming-in).
• The baby is breastfed within one hour following birth (unless medically necessary).
• The baby is breastfed whenever it wants.
• There is a breastfeeding room in our hospital.
• The use of posters, banners and samples for baby food advertisements is not permitted.
• Breastfeeding policy, breastmilk and breastfeeding-encouraging posters and posters are displayed in pediatrics wards, gynecology and delivery wards and certain clinics of our hospital.
• Visual (breast milk and breastfeeding handbook) and audio (power point presentations, video shows) publications are prepared and presented to mothers during training.
• Multiple, individual and bedside training is provided in training and breastfeeding rooms.
• Information is provided to mothers about expressing, storing and transferring milk for babies in the Maternity Ward, Pediatrics Ward and Neonatal Intensive Care Unit.
BENEFITS OF BREASTFEEDING FOR THE BABY;
• It is an irreplaceable natural wonder for your baby
• It is the most suitable food for the baby's mental and physical health
• It is always ready, clean, and at the right temperature
• It is the easiest food to digest
• Every mother's milk is the most suitable for her own baby
• It accelerates the baby's growth and development
• It reduces the risk of obesity
• The first milk that comes to the mother is the baby's first vaccine
• It protects your baby against infections
• It prevents the formation of microorganisms that cause diarrhea
• Anemia is less common in babies
• It also reduces the possibility of diseases that may develop in later ages (allergic diseases, diabetes, asthma, cancer, etc.)
• It protects against eye diseases with the vitamin A it contains
• Diaper rash, abdominal pain and constipation are less common in babies who are breastfed
• It reduces the risk of sudden infant death
• It is a natural sedative for the baby
• Babies who are breastfed cry less and sleep better
• With breastfeeding, the emotional bond between the baby develops
• It ensures that your baby's intelligence development is better.
BENEFITS OF BREASTFEEDING FOR MOTHERS;
• It allows the uterus to recover more quickly
• Breastfeeding mothers have a lower risk of developing breast cancer
• Thanks to the hormones secreted by the mother through breastfeeding, the need for rest is met in a short time and the mother becomes peaceful
• It reduces the risk of hip fractures after menopause
• Postpartum bleeding stops quickly with early breastfeeding
• There is no swelling or inflammation in the breasts; the mother spends the postpartum period comfortably.
BREASTFEEDING EDUCATION AND CONSULTANCY NURSING
It is an educational unit established to ensure that mothers overcome the difficulties they encounter before and during breastfeeding and to support them.
The main purpose is to support and spread breastfeeding, increase the use of breast milk, and correct misconceptions.
The importance of creating self-confidence in the mother, supporting and encouraging breastfeeding is indisputable. The parents, spouse and healthcare personnel around the mother have a great share in this. Every mother who gives birth in our hospital starts breastfeeding within the first hour after birth and receives training on this subject from our hospital's breast milk education nurse.
Breast milk education begins from the 32nd week of pregnancy. Breastfeeding techniques are shown to the expectant mother.
BREAST-FEEDING; IT IS THE MOST PERFECT WAY TO TRANSFER LOVE
