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Challenges To Breastfeeding Infants With Phenylketonuria, Sandra Banta-Wright
Challenges To Breastfeeding Infants With Phenylketonuria, Sandra Banta-Wright
Faculty Publications - College of Nursing
Breastfeeding duration for infants with phenylketonuria (PKU) is less than other full-term infants. However, no study has examined the challenges encountered by mothers' breastfeeding infants with PKU. In 75 mothers of a child with PKU, three categories of breastfeeding challenges were identified: common breastfeeding issues, breastfeeding and PKU, and no challenges. The common breastfeeding issues can be identified in the literature but for these mothers, the issues are heightened due to frequent phenylalanine (Phe) monitoring. Even so, many mothers adapt breastfeeding to maintain desired Phe levels. A few mothers had no issues and were the exception, not the norm.
Minimizing Infant Exposure To And Risks From Medications While Breastfeeding, Sandra Banta-Wright
Minimizing Infant Exposure To And Risks From Medications While Breastfeeding, Sandra Banta-Wright
Faculty Publications - College of Nursing
The advantages of breastfeeding to the mother and newborn are many. Lactating mothers frequently ask about the safety of taking medications and the risk to their newborn. It is well established that all drugs are excreted into breast milk. However, most medications appear in only small amounts within the breast milk. With the availability of numerous resources on drug use while breastfeeding, a medication can be identified as contraindicated or compatible with breastfeeding. By understanding the anatomy of the breast, principles of lactation, and drug passage into breast milk, an approach to minimize the transfer of the medications in the …