استخدام تقنية تخفيف النظير المستقر في تحديد كمية حليب اللأم التي يتناولها الأطفال الرضع

Abstract EN

Exclusive breastfeeding for six months to an infant, followed by the introduction of complementary food and continued with breastfeeding is believed to be an optimal way of infants nutrition.

There is a shortage in information about the amount of milk obtained from the infant's mother at least partially due to the difficulties associated with quantification of breast milk intake.

The old technique, which depends on how the weight of the baby before and after breastfeeding from mother, takes time and may be disturbing to the natural feeding pattern.

It was possible to overcome these difficulties by using stable isotopes consumed by mother as "Dose of deuterium oxide to mother" in particular dilution dose to mother and then move the dose from mother to baby through breast milk and this can calculate the total volume of breast milk consumed by the infant within 14 days since the dose oxide of deuterium consumed at first day.

Dose of deuterium oxide to mother can also help us to find out if there were any further quantity of water entering the child's body except breast milk, determine body composition for mother and infant, monitor the effects of programs strengthening food for pregnant mothers and lactating women in terms of quantity and quality of milk overnight, in addition to evaluating the effectiveness of programs to strengthen children's food.