Introduction: at the beginning and establishment of breastfeeding, adequate care routines are essential, such as its early initiation skin-to-skin contact, which implies need to facilitate joint accommodation mother with newborn in immediate postpartum period, regardless type delivery. Objective: analyze effects rooming-in after a cesarean section on breastfeeding rates hospital discharge maint...

This report describes a rooming-in program based on allocation of resources to patients in accord with their health needs. It outlines the advantages of having the healthy infant kept with the mother continually during the puerperium. This promotes easier psychological adaptation of mother and infant, reduces the incidence of cross-infection in the hospital, encourages breast-feeding, and pav...

BACKGROUND Breastfeeding is the preferred method of feeding for the infant. The present study aimed at investigating the different infant feeding practices and the influencing factors in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). METHODS A convenient sample of 593 Emirati mothers who had infants up to 2 years of age was interviewed. The interviews included a detailed questionnaire and conducted in the M...

OBJECTIVE Our goal was to assess the impact of "Baby-Friendly" hospital practices and other maternity-care practices experienced by mothers on breastfeeding duration. METHODS This analysis of the Infant Feeding Practices Study II focused on mothers who initiated breastfeeding and intended prenatally to breastfeed for >2 months, with complete data on all variables (n = 1907). Predictor variabl...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE The incidence and associated costs of neonatal abstinence syndrome (NAS) have recently risen sharply; newborns with NAS occupy 4% of NICU beds. We implemented a coordinated program for NAS including standardized protocols for scoring, medications and weaning, and a calm rooming-in environment, to improve family-centered care and to decrease both length of stay (LOS) and...

Andrea Ronchi, MD; Carlo Pietrasanta, Maurizio Zavattoni, Martina Saruggia, Federico Schena, Maria Teresa Sinelli, Massimo Agosti, Chryssoula Tzialla, Felicia Filomena Varsalone, Lea Testa, Claudia Ballerini, Stefania Ferrari, Giovanna Mangili, Luisa Ventura, Simona Perniciaro, Elena Spada, PhD; Lunghi, Antonio Piralla, Fausto Baldanti, Fabio Mosca, Lorenza Pugni, MD

ABSTRACT Objective: to describe the practices that favor breastfeeding performed in Rooming-In area and satisfaction with care received according discharge on exclusive breastfeeding. Method: a quantitative study conducted between July 2020 September 2021 maternity teaching hospital from southern Brazil; total of 756 puerperal women participated by means an online questionnaire 20 days after di...