Midwifery in Pregnancy and Tandem Breastfeeding

Abstract

Continuing the breastfeeding process with only breast milk for the first six months and then with complementary foods in addition to breast milk until the age of two has a positive effect on the health of the mother and baby. Although breastfeeding has many known benefits, mothers find it difficult to decide whether to continue breastfeeding their baby when a new pregnancy occurs. Tandem breastfeeding is when a mother breastfeeds her older baby at the same time as her newborn baby. The aim of this review is to explain the benefits of tandem breastfeeding for the health of mothers and babies, to continue breastfeeding, that is, to continue breastfeeding, to develop positive behaviors towards tandem breastfeeding, and to inform midwives in line with the current literature. The literature search was searched in Turkish and English using the keywords pregnancy, breastfeeding, breastfeeding during pregnancy and tandem breastfeeding from Google Academic, Pubmed and Science Direct databases without a time limit. Mothers can have a healthy pregnancy by paying attention to nutrition, iron support and vitamin supplements. In addition, there is a need for studies that affect child health since there is insufficient evidence to monitor the growth and development of fetuses, newborns and infants. Mothers should be encouraged to breastfeed if there is no adverse health effect during pregnancy and tandem breastfeeding.