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TextWorld Breastfeeding Week Quiz
Read the questions below to test your knowledge of breastfeeding facts. Click "get the answers" at the bottom of this webpage to see how many questions you answered correctly!
1. Breastfeeding reduces the incidence of SIDS (Sudden Infant Death Syndrome).
True
False
2. Does breast size matter?
Yes
No
3. How long does an average nursing session last?
A. 16 minutes
B. 20 minutes
C. 30 minutes
D. 45 minutes
4. What percentage of milk do babies remove from the breast on average??
A. 50%
B. 55%
C. 67%
D. 97%
5. Can breastfeeding help to reduce childhood obesity rates?
Yes
No
6. Moms who take medications should not nurse their babies?
True
False
7. What resources are available to a breastfeeding mom if she is not comfortable with the advice given to her by their health care professional about breastfeeding and medications?
A. Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center - Infant Risk Center.
InfantRisk.org or call 806-352-2519
B. National Library of Medicine - Toxicology Data Network.
Toxnet.nlm.nih.gov. Select LactMed database.
C. Medications and Mothers' Milk, Fourteenth Edition, 2010. Thomas W.
Hale, Ph.D.
D. All of the above.
8. What technology is available to breastfeeding mothers?
A. iPhone Apps - Diaper Tracker, Baby Tracker, iLetdown, Kittie Franz'
Breast Milk Calculator, Massachusetts Breastfeeding Coalition
B. Websites - drjacknewman.com, llli.org (LaLeche League),
womenshealth.gov/breastfeeding, ilca.org (International Lactation
Consultant Association), state and local health department
websites.
C. Working Mom's websites - breastfeedingincombatboots.com,
workandpump.com, breastfeeding.com/workingmom.shtml
D. All of the above
9. What are some ways to increase a breastfeeding woman's milk supply?
A. Maximize removal of milk from mother via baby or pump; Optimizing
this in the first month of life increases the milk production capability
for mom and baby
B. Decrease frequency of breastfeeding
C. Supplement baby's feeds with formula
D. Both B and C
10. The nutrition in formula is equal to the nutrition in breast milk.
True
False
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