The Rooming-In and Breastfeeding Act of 1992 (RA 7600): Why Breastfeed Part 2
This is the second part of the two-part discussion on the importance of breastfeeding and why mothers should breastfeed. The law under discussion is the The Rooming-In and Breastfeeding Act of 1992 (RA 7600) and to fully understand the concept of posting this article, please read Part 1. Two sections of the law have been discussed in the first part. Here is the second part:
SEC. 3. Definition of Terms.- For purposes of this Act, the following definitions are adopted:
a) Age of gestation – the length of time the fetus is inside the mother’s womb.
b) Bottlefeeding – the method of feeding an infant using a bottle with artificial nipples, the contents of which can be any type of fluid.
c) Breastfeeding – the method of feeding an infant directly from the human breast.
d) Breastmilk – the human milk from a mother.
e) Expressed breastmilk – the human milk which has been extracted from the breast by hand or by breast pump. It can be fed to an infant using a dropper, a nasogatric tube, a cup and spoon, or a bottle.
f) Formula feeding – the feeding of a new born with infant formula usually by bottlefeeding. It is also called artificial feeding.
g) Health institutions – are hospitals, health infirmaries, health centers, lying-in centers or puericulture centers with obstetrical and pediatric services.
h) Health personnel – are professionals and workers who manage and/or administer the entire operations of health institutions and/or who are involved in providing maternal and child health services.
i) Infant – a child within zero (0) to twelve (12) months of age.
j) Infant formula – the breastmilk substitute formulated industrially in accordance with applicable Codex Alimentarius standards, to satisfy the normal nutritional requirements of infants up to six (6) months of age, and adopted to their physiological characteristics.
k) Lactation management – the general care of a mother-infant nursing couple during the other’s prenatal, immediate postpartum and postnatal periods. It deals with educating and providing knowledge and information to pregnant and lactating mothers on the advantages of breastfeeding, the physiology of lactation, the establishment and maintenance of lactation, the proper care of the breast and nipples, and such other matters that would contribute to successful breastfeeding.
l) Low birth weight infant – a newborn weighing less than two thousand five hundred (2,500 ) grams at birth.
m) Mother’s milk – the breastmilk from the newborn’s own mother.
n) Rooming-in – the practice of placing the newborn in the same room as the mother right after delivery up to discharge to facilitate mother-infant bonding and to initiate breastfeeding. The infant may either share the mother’s bed or be placed in a crib beside the mother.
o) Seriously ill mothers – are those who are with severe infections, in shock, in severe cardiac or respiratory distress or dying or those with other conditions that may be determined by the attending physicians as serious.
p) Wet-nursing – the feeding of a newborn from another mother’s breast when his/her own mother cannot breastfeed.
Other provisions of the law will no longer be included here for the sole purpose of emphasizing the importance of breastfeeding the baby instead of using formula milk that could be laced or contaminated by melamine. For more information on the difference between formula milk and breast milk, please click on the following link: Melamine Content in Milk and Dairy Products, and Breast Milk. From basic definitions of terms included in this article, I hope you have learned something about breastfeeding and why mothers should breastfeed their babies.
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Oh yeah what I said with the part one is stated here lol.
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jessie Reply:
October 6th, 2008 at 1:30 pm
Joy,
Oo nga eh. Did you breastfeed your kids, my friend?
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I agree Kuya, breastmilk is the best milk for babies kaso medyo unlucky ako in that part eh.. lang lumabas na milk sa akin..maybe next time? hehehe
Ingat kuya!!
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Twinks,
The possible solution to your problem is to use a suction to extract breast milk. It’s difficult on the part of the mother if breast milk won’t be extracted.
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