Pregnancy & Parenting
On pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding, and caring for a newborn during wartime.
On pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding, and caring for a newborn during wartime.
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Family Care Centers, Mother and Newborn Health Care
Due to the emergency, Tipat Halav clinics provide local and accessible services throughout Israel for anyone who is away from home. For further information, call the Ministry of Health's Hotline… -
Pregnancy and Labor During Wartime
At times of emergency, such as war, we are exposed to stressful situations that affect the health of the mother and the fetus. It is crucial to follow the pregnancy… -
To Breastfeed is to Provide Resilience
Especially during emergency and crisis situations, breastfeeding was found to be especially healthy both for the breastfeeding mother and the nursing baby. All information about breastfeeding during stressful and emergency… -
Traumatic Stress While Pregnant or Breastfeeding
All the information for women who are coping with stress and trauma while they are pregnant or breastfeeding. Tips for coping with stress, emotional support hotlines and more. -
Milk Bank: Donating and Receiving Breast Milk Donations
Which babies are eligible to receive donated breast milk? What are the criteria for donation, and how can someone request a donation? Due to the current security situation, there are… -
Self-Care to Be Able to Help Children
During emergencues, parents have a twofold challenge: function and cope with the situation themselves, so they can support and communicate the situation to their children. This way you can take… -
Staying Home with the Children
Prolonged stay at home with the children may increase both our stress and our children's. Important guidelines for prolonged stay at home and for relieving children's stress and trauma. -
Child and Teenager Online Safety
Especially during war and emergency situations, like the one that we are currently experiencing, the internet provides us with escapism and pleasure, but it may also present us with challenges… -
Screens in Wartime
Everything you need to know about screen time, both during emergency situations and in general. Pros, cons and what is the recommended screen time for every age group. -
Leaving Children Home Alone
According to law, you can leave children alone at home from the age of 6, but it is recommended not to leave them alone before the age of 9, as… -
Parental Guidance on Managing Child Traumatic Stress
Anxiety has different manifestations among children of different age groups and between children of the same age group. All the information and recommendations that parents need for coping with anxiety… -
Helping Children Understand Tragic Events
A couple of tips that will help you if you need to talk to your children about difficult subjects. -
Parents in Active Military Service
How you can help your children cope with the recruitment of a parent to military service. It is important to remember that recruitment causes pressure but it also provides an…
To Breastfeed is to Provide Resilience
Especially during stressful situations and emergencies, breastfeeding is especially healthy for the breastfeeding mother and the nursing child. It confers a sense of calm, allows a hug and contact, and provides the baby with nutritional security.
Breastfeeding during emergencies has many benefits, including:
- Mother's milk is available with no need for boiled water or sterilized bottles.
- Mother's milk is suitable for the baby's needs and comes out at exactly the right temperature.
- Mother's milk contains antibodies and nutrients that boost the baby's immune system.
- The hormones secreted by breastfeeding can create a sense of calm for the baby.
- Breastfeeding is the highest quality nutrition for babies, and it is free of charge.
You should know: a strong immune system protects the baby from infectious diseases, especially in the respiratory tract and the gastrointestinal tract. The immunity-related benefits provided by mother's milk are maintained throughout the breastfeeding period.
Mother's milk contains essential nutrients that are the optimal building blocks for the baby's immune system. "Microbium" are good bacteria found in the intestines that are formed in the body of a nursing baby. They help protect the baby's health, unlike the bacteria found in the intestines of babies fed with baby formula. These unique bacteria that develop in the intestines of nursing babies contribute significantly to the reinforcement of the immune system, to the prevention of sickness, to the decrease of allergies and may even decrease the risk for type-2 diabetes, obesity and other metabolic conditions later in life.
Breastfeeding reinforces the resilience of both the mother and child
Successful breastfeeding contributes significantly to feelings of maternal competence in the breastfeeding mother and feelings of security in the nursing baby. Breastfeeding helps regulate feelings of stress and anxiety in babies, through the hug, the physical contact and the eye contact with the mother.
Studies show that breastfeeding women are at lesser risk for breast cancer or ovarian cancer, as well as for cardiovascular diseases. The more accumulative years the mother spends breastfeeding, the lower her risk of developing breast cancer or ovarian cancer.