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Infant Problems in Breast-Feeding

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Empirical contraindications to breast-feeding long antedate modern medicine. In ancient Greek societies, upper-class women were discouraged from nursing if their labor had been particularly difficult, and colostrum was often considered unsuitable for feeding during the first several days of life.1 Soranus’ advice for selecting a wet nurse stressed that the personal characteristics and appearance of the woman, in addition to the appearance of her milk, were major determinants of breast-feeding capabilities.2 In modern times, employment outside the home, social activities required by the husband’s job, any chronic illness in the mother, or the necessity for supplemental formula have been cited as contraindications to nursing.3 Within the past decade, post partum fever, maternal mastitis,4 prematurity of the infant, drug therapy in the mother, and even resumption of menstruation, have been suggested, often inappropriately, to contraindicate breast-feeding.

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