Oketani Lactation Management: A New Method to Augment Breast Milk

The beneficial effect of breastfeeding both for mother and baby are well known. though breastfeeding culture is present in bangladesh, mothers easily deviate from nursing with breastmilk when they face some confusion or trouble. most mothers do not know about her capacity to feed her child and it is more than the need of her child. they are to be prepared for breastfeeding from antenatal period, have to be given support during initiation of breastfeeding and in the postnatal period. counseling and correcting position and attachment are recognized as management skill but 33-37% mothers further needed oketani lactation management for establishment of successful breastfeeding respectively.