Health Sciences

Items

• Milk ejection

  Milk release reflex.
• Milk stasis

  Milk not flowing.
• Milk expression

  Removing milk manually/pump.
• Mixed feeding

  Breast + other feeding.
• Montgomery glands

  Oil-secreting areola glands.
• Nipple confusion

  Difficulty switching breast/bottle.
• Nipple sucking

  Only nipple taken in mouth.
• Non-infective mastitis

  Milk backflow inflammation.
• Nutrients

  Body-needed substances from food.
• Oxytoxin

  Hormone for milk flow.
• Pacifier

  Artificial sucking device.
• Positioning

  How baby is held for feeding.
• Postnatal

  After birth period.
• Premature

  Born before 37 weeks.
• Prolactin

  Milk production hormone.
• Protein

  Body growth nutrient.
• Replacement feeding

  Feeding without breast milk.
• Responsive feeding

  Feeding based on hunger cues.
• Retained placenta

  Placenta left in uterus.
• Rooming in

  Baby stays with mother.
• Rooting reflex

  Baby searching for breast.
• Secrete

  Produce fluid.
• Skin-to-skin contact

  Baby on mother’s skin.
• Sore nipples

  Painful nipples.
• Sucking

  Drawing fluid into mouth.