[Post-cesarean section maternal lactation: lactational and neonatal follow-up]

A clinical lacteal, neonatal, following up, was done in 25 puerperal women, post-cesarean section, who had selected breast feeding for their child since their prenatal control. It was concluded that adequate assessorship about lactation during prenatal consultation, positively modifies maternal attitudes towards natural feeding; and that it is also possible and convenient to introduce in the perinatology team's practice the support to lactation with special emphasis in hospital stay after cesarean section and subsequent consultation, for adequate surveillance of post-operative evolution, and control of the healthy child. In this manner, it is possible to orientate and encourage recent puerperae and to verify newborn's optimal growth when fed with this natural method.