Breastfeeding Crossword Puzzle

QUESTIONS LIST:

• fore milk : watery first milk that quenches thirst
• non nutritive : type of suck with fluttery or choppy jaw motion resulting in little or no milk flow
• everted : type of nipple raised in the center of the areola
• hind milk : milk towards the end of the feeding that is higher in fat & helps the infant to gain weight
• inverted : nipples that fold into the areola with a dimpled appearance
• mastitis : infection of the breast tissue
• feeding cues : licking/sucking, lip smacking, rooting, hand to mouth movements, sucking on hands, crying
• nutritive : type of active, engaged sucking by infant with continuous movements & occasional pauses to rest
• engorgement : edema, congestion, increased vascularity of the breast from obstruction of lymphatic drainage & accumulation of milk as lactation is established
• flat : nipples that do not evert upon compression & blend into the areola