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Breastfeeding Information

"Just One Bottle Won't Hurt"-- or Will It? breastfed and formula-fed infants have different gut flora   breastfed babies have a lower gut pH (acidic environment) of approximately 5.1-5.4 throughout the first six weeks that is dominated by bifidobacteria with reduced Pathogenic (disease-causing) microbes such as E coli, bacteroides, clostridia, and streptococci   flora with a diet-dependent pattern is present from the 4th day of life with breast milk-fed guts showing a 47% bifidobacterium and formula-fed guts showing 15%. Enterococci prevail in formula-fed infants (Rubaltelli et al, 1998)   babies fed formula have a high gut pH of approximately 5.9-7.3 with a variety of putrefactive bacterial species   in infants fed breast milk and formula supplements the mean pH is approximately 5.7-6.0 during the first four weeks, falling to 5.45 by the sixth week   when formula supplements are given to breastfed babies during the first seven days of life, the production of a strongly acidic environment is delayed and its full potential may never be reached   breastfed infants who receive supplements develop gut flora and behavior like formula-fed infants....... INFACT Canada Infant Feeding Action Coalition (INFACT) Canada, a non-profit, non-governmental organisation, works to promote optimal infant and maternal health through the protection, promotion and support of breastfeeding. INFACT Canada is an active member of the La Leche League International Home Page   The Art of Breastfeeding The Art of Breastfeeding, founded in 1993 by Nancy Mohrbacher, IBCLC, co-author of The Breastfeeding Answer Book. Our mission is to help you meet your breastfeeding goals. We do this by offering hard-to-find products designed to make breastfeeding ea The International Baby Food Action Network (IBFAN) The International Baby Food Action Network is a partnership of over 150 groups in over 90 countries, and is growing all the time. An aim of all groups is improving infant health through the protection of breastfeeding. Implementation of the Internati The Online Birth Center The Online Birth Center (pregnancy, birth, midwifery, breastfeeding) UNICEF Continues To Support Breastfeeding for Most Mothers In A Nutshell: UNICEF Continues To Support Breastfeeding for Most Mothers, But Continues To Provide Formula to HIV-Positive Women Who Choose It. UNICEF Executive Director Carol Bellamy Letter to the Editor on the subject of preventing the spread of HIV/AIDS through breastfeeding.