Importance of breastfeeding in Chile

ABSTRACT

Aim: Knowing the importance of exclusive breastfeeding for the first six months of life in Chile.

Methods: A study of educational intervention to prove the importance of breastfeeding as the bed food you can give a mother to her son and the creation an emotional bond by this practice to a group of 40 pregnant women in the Barros Luco Tundreau Hospital since may 2009 until september 2010. Women were administered a survey to determined the knowledge the had before and after the educational intervention.

Results: the total number of surveys before educational intervention showed that 70% of mothers had no knowledge about the importance of breastfeeding, 22% of women knew the existence of the benefits about breatsfeeding but not specifically and 8% knew about the creation of an emotional bond or attachment to give the baby to breastfeed exclusively during the first 6 months.
After of educational intervention the 90% of the womens said that the breastfeeding is important for the future child for the creation emotional bond that during the lifetime and ethe 10% of the future mothres said give up breastfeeding because they can not care for the children and work at the same time and therefore choose suplements

conclusions: Breastfeeding is important because not only provides nutricional components is also beneficial because the baby to come into contact with the mother and creat special bond that you can not have it with anyone else and that means developing a better relationship.

keywords: breastfeeding, emotional bond