International Collaboration on Repair Discoveries (ICORD), Vancouver, BC, Canada.
Department of Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
Top Spinal Cord Inj Rehabil. 2024 Spring;30(2):54-64. doi: 10.46292/sci23-00080. Epub 2024 May 23.
The World Health Organization (WHO) recommends that infants be breastfed exclusively for the first 6 months of age. However, there are few resources available on the effects a spinal cord injury (SCI) can have for breastfeeding mothers. It is difficult to find information to address the unique challenges women with SCI experience when planning or trying to breastfeed. Our international team, including women with SCI, health care providers, and SCI researchers, aims to address the information gap through the creation of this consumer guide. The purpose of this consumer guide is to share the most common issues women with SCI experience during breastfeeding and provide information, practical suggestions, recommendations, and key resources in lay language. General information about breastfeeding is available on the internet, in books, or from friends and health care providers. We do not intend to repeat nor replace general breastfeeding information or medical advice. Breastfeeding for mothers with SCI is complex and requires a team of health care providers with complementary expertise. Such a team may include family physician, obstetrician, physiatrist, neurologist, occupational and physical therapist, lactation consultant, midwife, and psychologist. We hope this consumer guide can serve as a quick reference guide for mothers with SCI planning of trying to breastfeed. This guide will also be helpful to health care providers as an educational tool.
世界卫生组织（WHO）建议婴儿在出生后的头 6 个月内应纯母乳喂养。然而，关于脊髓损伤（SCI）对母乳喂养母亲的影响，相关资源却很少。很难找到信息来解决脊髓损伤女性在计划或尝试母乳喂养时所面临的独特挑战。我们的国际团队由脊髓损伤女性、医疗保健提供者和脊髓损伤研究人员组成，旨在通过创建这本消费者指南来填补信息空白。本消费者指南的目的是分享脊髓损伤女性在母乳喂养期间最常见的问题，并以通俗易懂的语言提供信息、实用建议、建议和关键资源。有关母乳喂养的一般信息可以在互联网上、书籍中或朋友和医疗保健提供者那里获得。我们无意重复或替代一般母乳喂养信息或医疗建议。对于脊髓损伤女性来说，母乳喂养是复杂的，需要一支由具有互补专业知识的医疗保健提供者组成的团队。这样的团队可能包括家庭医生、产科医生、物理治疗师、神经科医生、职业治疗师和物理治疗师、哺乳顾问、助产士和心理学家。我们希望这本消费者指南可以作为计划母乳喂养的脊髓损伤女性的快速参考指南。本指南也将作为教育工具对医疗保健提供者有所帮助。
