Importance of Breastfeeding for Mother & Infant Health
As mentioned in the following verses of the Holy Quran
قال الله تعالى: بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم {وفصاله في عامين} صدق الله العظيم ..........لقمان:14
وقال الله تعالى: بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم {وحمله وفصاله ثلاثون شهرا} صدق الله العظيم.....الأحقاف:15
Dear Mother:
Breastfeeding has health benefits for both babies and mothers. Breast milk provides a baby with ideal nutrition and supports growth and development. Breastfeeding can also help protect baby and mom against certain illnesses and diseases. – Please be sure to breastfeed as long as doctors do not prevent you from doing. (Kindly scan the QR codes at the bottom of this page for more information on the benefits of breastfeeding and for joining the telegram channel of Riyadh Care Hospital related Breastfeeding awareness and support. Telegram name: ((الرضاعة الطبيعية - رعاية الرياض which include Arabic and English Materials.
- For successful breastfeeding, please do the following:
- Inform doctors and nurses early about your intention to breastfeed your baby (Inform them on the 4th or 5th month of your antenatal follow up in the clinic with your OB/Gyne Doctor or even with your delivery time. And please inform them about your desire for exclusive breastfeeding and to not give your baby any formula milk at all, and inform them that you plan to start breastfeeding directly in the first hours after Birth. (Maybe you will need to sign the “Exclusive Breastfeeding Agreement/Consent”).
- Book an appointment to visit the Breastfeeding Awareness and Support Clinic in OB/Gyne Clinics in the hospital to obtain more information, training and adequate support regarding breastfeeding that it will enable you to initiate and continue breastfeeding successfully and easily.
- Kindly join the WhatsApp group of Riyadh Care Hospital for breastfeeding awareness and support under the name of: (Breastfeeding Awareness and Support - Riyadh Care Hospital) on the mobile number 0501288436.
- Please join the telegram channel of Riyadh Care Hospital for breastfeeding awareness and support under the name of: (الرضاعة الطبيعية - رعاية الرياض) - Channel link: https://t.me/+RJXewShGYzczZWNk - Or please join directly by scanning the scanner code that present at the bottom of this page.
- Take the initiative to attend the weekly group classes about the awareness and breastfeeding support which will be conducted by breastfeeding counselor’s specialists, which is conducting weekly on every Monday from 10 am to 12 noon in one of the lecture halls or one of the meeting rooms in the hospital (announcement is provided weekly on the Telegram channel which mentioned above.
- Inform and request from the doctors and nurses to keep your baby with you in your room (Rooming in) at all times, except during cleaning times of the baby, or when you want to sleep without being disturbed, or if there is a medical need to take the baby out of your room.
- Request and ask for the help of the nurses and patient educators to educate and train you about breastfeeding, and you will get all the necessary information, training and sufficient support that will enable you to initiate and continue breastfeeding successfully and easily, this is will be considered as your first step towards ideal and happy motherhood, healthy life for you, your baby and each member in your family... Congratulations on this beginning.
Wish you all the health and happiness...Best Regards
Breastfeeding Awareness & Support Committee at Riyadh Care Hospital
- QR scanner code for more information on the benefits of breastfeeding
(الرضاعة الطبيعية - رعاية الرياض) - QR scanner code for the telegram channel of Riyadh Care Hospital – Channel Name
