Biotechnology Time of initiation of Breastfeeding

ABSTRACT

mother milk is the best and complete food for babies till six months of age, besides other benefits initiation of mother milk within first hour of delivery and exclusive breast feeding decrease mortality up to 13% in children. To determine the 'time of initiation of breastfeeding after birth. this is a descriptive research, and we used a special questionnaire designed for this proposes and patients file. during this research we found that 50.4% of neonate received their first mother milk within first hour after delivery and 54.2% of mother was able to give mother milk as first food to their babies, 39% of mother weren't able to give mother milk to their children due to cultural barriers. 31.6% of children were exclusively breast feed. In this study we found that initiation of breath feeding as first food after birth is still major concern in the families and about 50% children do not receive mother milk as first food after birth. Suggestion Increasing awareness about mother milk and exclusive breast feeding through mass media and establishing local council to support breast feeding