Breastfeeding difficulties

Physiological limitations of breast-feeding if breastfeeding is a natural human activity, difficulties and complications are not uncommon. Put the baby as soon as possible after birth can prevent many problems, including mastitis. The AAP breastfeeding policy says: "Delay weighing, measuring, bathing, needle sticks, and eye prophylaxis until the first meal is over." Many breastfeeding difficulties can be solved with appropriate hospital procedures, trained midwives, doctors and hospital staff, nursing and consultants.There situations in which breastfeeding may be dangerous for children, including infection by HIV and acute poisoning by environmental contaminants such as lead. The Institute of Medicine reported that breast surgery, including breast implants or breast reduction surgery, reduces the chances that a woman has enough milk to breastfeed.

Rarely a mother may not be able to produce breast milk due to a deficiency of prolactin. This may be due to Sheehan's syndrome, a rare consequence of a sudden drop in blood pressure during labor usually because of bleeding.

Socio-cultural forces in nursing in developed countries, many working mothers do not breastfeed their children because of pressure of work and maternity leave is very short. For example, a mother have to plan frequent breaks pumping, and find a clean, quiet and private in the workplace for pumping. These genes can cause mothers to abandon breastfeeding and use milk powder instead.