The phrase "avoiding breastfeeding" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts discussing choices or practices related to infant feeding, particularly when referring to the decision not to breastfeed.
Example: "The mother is considering avoiding breastfeeding due to her health concerns."
Alternatives: "not breastfeeding" or "forgoing breastfeeding".
The young people were told that having infected children was unlikely with medication through pregnancy, avoiding breastfeeding and giving the babies medication for six weeks.
In some cases, mothers breastfed their children when seen by others, while they were avoiding breastfeeding when being alone.
Current international guidelines on HIV and infant feeding recognise that HIV transmission through breastfeeding can only be eliminated by avoiding breastfeeding altogether.
The recommendation in the review is based on two studies from Japan showing reductions of vertical transmission by limiting or avoiding breastfeeding.
However, Thai-speaking Yunnanese women are significantly less likely to believe that avoiding breastfeeding helps prevent transmission than women in the Northern Thai community (data not shown).
"Because breastfeeding is essential to a normal, healthy infant development, avoiding breastfeeding and using cow's milk based formulas is not a reasonable way to respond to the problem of environmental pollution and human milk contamination".
"But we should be able to get it down to 10 a year if we can make sure women have every opportunity to take the test, and if positive, have as much support as they need to enable them to take up the treatment in pregnancy, and avoid breastfeeding".
As an extra safety measure it can be advised to avoid breastfeeding for 24 h after their use [59].
The recommendations do not apply to women and infants who have a clear medical reason to avoid breastfeeding, such as a metabolic disorder.
There is no evidence that breast-feeding spreads HCV; however, to be cautious, an infected mother is advised to avoid breastfeeding if her nipples are cracked and bleeding, or if her viral loads are high.
Breakthroughs in pregnancy care have reduced the risk of vertical transmission to <1% if pregnant women receive timely ART, achieve optimal viral suppression, deliver by caesarean-section when appropriate, and avoid breastfeeding [2].
