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Please review this important information before bringing your baby home.

Vaccines During and After Pregnancy

Some known risks of using infant formula in place of breast milk include:

Increase gastrointestinal diseases, including necrotising enterocolitis
Increased infectious diseases, including respiratory tract infection
Altered adiposity and intellectual development
Increased maternal breast cancer through reduced duration of breastfeeding
Adverse effects related to formula contamination or reconstitution problems – eg, bacterial infection or burn injury
Increased cost of purchasing milk

WHO code on marketing of breastmilk substitutes:

Informational and educational materials intended to reach pregnant women and mothers of infants and young children should not use any pictures or text which may idealize the use of breastmilk substitutes
Information provided by manufacturers and distributors to health professionals should be restricted to scientific and factual matters, and not imply or create a belief that bottle feeding is equivalent or superior to breastfeeding
Neither the container nor the label should have pictures of infants; nor should they have other pictures or text which may idealize the use of infant formula
There should be no advertising or other form of promotion to the general public of products within the scope of the code
Nutrition and health claims should not be permitted for breastmilk substitutes, except where specifically provided for in national legislation