Mother And Baby Friendly Hospital Initiative (MBFHI)

Items

• Gulp

  Loud swallowing.
• Hind milk

  Fat-rich later milk.
• Hormone

  Chemical messenger.
• Immune system

  Body defense system.
• Immunity

  Ability to fight disease.
• Ineffective suckling

  Poor milk removal.
• Infective mastitis

  Breast infection inflammation.
• Inverted nipples

  Nipples pulled inward.
• Jaundice

  Yellowing of skin/eyes.
• Lactation

  Milk production process.
• Lactose

  Milk sugar.
• Lipase

  Fat-digesting enzyme.
• Low birth weight

  Baby under 2.5kg.
• Mastitis

  Breast inflammation.
• Mature milk

  Fully developed breast milk.
• Meconium stools

  First newborn stool.
• Macronutrients

  Nutrients needed in large amounts.
• Micronutrients

  Nutrients needed in small amounts.
• 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.