Premature baby breastfeeding: a report of experience

Abstract

This article aimed to report the experience of the monitors and teacher in health education actions for a group of mothers, about the importance of breastfeeding for the premature baby.bThis is an experience report, prepared based on the intervention of a research and extension project entitled Playful and Educational Activities for Mothers of Premature Children. The group participants were mothers of preterm infants who were housed in a room known as kangaroo mother accommodation in a public hospital in the interior of Bahia. A conversation was held in which the importance of breastfeeding the baby exclusively with breast milk until the age of six months was discussed, the benefits of breastfeeding, the difficulties of the premature to suck the breast, the ideal position for breastfeeding , the importance of burping the baby and what should be done if the preterm chokes. The activity carried out had the unanimous participation of mothers of premature infants who were hospitalized at the neonatal unit at the time and many of them clarified doubts about the theme.