About the Baby-Friendly Initiative and Infant Feeding Policy
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/chpams38215
Nova Scotia Health Authority. South Shore Regional Hospital. Women and Children Health Services.
Halifax, NS:
Nova Scotia Health Authority
, 2023.
- Pamphlet Number
- 2365
- Available Online
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The Baby-Friendly Initiative (BFI) is an international program created to support parents, babies, and families by supporting families to make an informed decision about how they feed their baby, promoting practices that give parents and babies a healthy start, and protecting families from marketing pressures. All hospitals and public health units in Nova Scotia Health are working towards becoming designated as Baby-Friendly. The IWK became designated in 2019. This pamphlet explains what staff …
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- Corporate Author
- Nova Scotia Health Authority. South Shore Regional Hospital. Women and Children Health Services
- Alternate Title
- About the BFI and IFP
- Place of Publication
- Halifax, NS
- Publisher
- Nova Scotia Health Authority
- Date of Publication
- 2023
- Format
- Pamphlet
- Language
- English
- Physical Description
- 1 electronic document ([2] p.) : digital, PDF file
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Infant
- Nutrition
- Breast Feeding
- Subjects (LCSH)
- Infants--Nutrition
- Breastfeeding
- Specialty
- Gynecology
- Abstract
- The Baby-Friendly Initiative (BFI) is an international program created to support parents, babies, and families by supporting families to make an informed decision about how they feed their baby, promoting practices that give parents and babies a healthy start, and protecting families from marketing pressures. All hospitals and public health units in Nova Scotia Health are working towards becoming designated as Baby-Friendly. The IWK became designated in 2019. This pamphlet explains what staff at a Baby-Friendly facility will help you to do. It also gives information about Nova Scotia Health and IWK Health's Infant Feeding Policy. A link for more information is included.
- Responsibility
- Prepared by: Women and Children Health Services, South Shore Regional Hospital
- Pamphlet Number
- 2365
How to hand express breast/chest milk : Yarmouth Regional Hospital
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/chpams36580
Nova Scotia Health Authority. Yarmouth Regional Hospital. Women and Children's Health Unit.
Halifax, NS:
Nova Scotia Health Authority
, 2023.
- Pamphlet Number
- 2004
- Available Online
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This pamphlet explains the steps to hand express breast/chest milk (take milk from your breasts/chest). It is also called "manual expressing". Hand expression takes practice. It is important to learn how to hand express breast/chest milk in the first hours after your baby is born. Hand expressing helps you make milk and helps your milk come in (also called milk let-down) when you first start to breast/chest feed your baby. A video is listed to help you with the basics. Instructions for how to s…
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- Corporate Author
- Nova Scotia Health Authority. Yarmouth Regional Hospital. Women and Children's Health Unit
- Alternate Title
- How to manually express breast/chest milk : Yarmouth Regional Hospital
- How to express breast/chest milk by hand : Yarmouth Regional Hospital
- Place of Publication
- Halifax, NS
- Publisher
- Nova Scotia Health Authority
- Date of Publication
- 2023
- Format
- Pamphlet
- Language
- English
- Physical Description
- 1 electronic document ([2] p.) : digital, PDF file
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Breast Milk Expression - methods
- Breast Feeding - methods
- Subjects (LCSH)
- Breast milk--Collection and preservation
- Breastfeeding
- Abstract
- This pamphlet explains the steps to hand express breast/chest milk (take milk from your breasts/chest). It is also called "manual expressing". Hand expression takes practice. It is important to learn how to hand express breast/chest milk in the first hours after your baby is born. Hand expressing helps you make milk and helps your milk come in (also called milk let-down) when you first start to breast/chest feed your baby. A video is listed to help you with the basics. Instructions for how to store your breast/chest milk are also given.
- Notes
- Previous title: How to hand express breast milk : Yarmouth Regional Hospital
- Responsibility
- Prepared by: Women and Children's Health Unit, Yarmouth Regional Hospital
- Pamphlet Number
- 2004
