Abstract

FUENMAYOR, José G; ALVAREZ DE ACOSTA., Thaís; CLUET DE RODRIGUEZ, Isabel  and  ROSSELL-PINEDA, María del R. Relactancia metodo exitoso para reinducir el amamantamiento en madres que abandonaron la lactancia natural . An Venez Nutr [online]. 2004, vol.17, n.1, pp.12-17. ISSN 0798-0752.

It is a prospective, descriptive and transverse work. To evaluate the relactatión like successful technique for reinduce the natural breastfeeding. The technique of recommended relactation was used by the World Organization of the Health, including 50 mothers and hers respective children in understood ages between 2 and 5 months, evaluated in the Service of Pediatric Emergency of the Servicio Autónomo Hospital Universitario de Maracaibo from October of 2001 until August of 2002. The maternal age was 27 ± 12,8 years, 32% was single, 38% students and 36,0% employees and workers, 78% was under conditions of poverty, with an average of 4 ± 2 children. The age of the infants was of 3 ± 2 months with a weight of 4,200 ± 2,900 Kg. and it carves of 56, 6 ± 5, 7 cm. 56% was female and 40% presented diarrhea. 50% of the binomial mother-son had a relationship psycho-affective of rejection before the relactation. 38% of the children were breastfeed by last time, one month before beginning the study. The beginning of the production of milk was of 6, 6 ± 2, 4 days. To the 3 months of initiate the relactation had significant increment of weight (p < 0.00023), of size (p < 0.00095) and of the approach in the sphere psycho-affective (p < 0.0001). It concludes that the relactation improves the nutritional state and the psycho -affective relationship mother and son. It is suggested to stimulate the relactation, as successful method.

Keywords : Relactation; breastfeeding; psycho-affective relationship.