Breast Feeding

Unbreakable Relationship Between 

Mom & Baby

Human breast milk is the healthiest form of milk for babies. There are few exceptions, such as when the mother is taking certain drugs or is infected with human T-lymphotropic virus, HIV, or has active untreated tuberculosis. Breastfeeding promotes health and helps to prevent disease. Artificial feeding is associated with more deaths from diarrhea in infants in both developing and developed countries. Experts agree that breastfeeding is beneficial, and have concerns about artificial formulas but there are conflicting views about how long exclusive breastfeeding remains beneficial.

 

 

Breast Feeding, Good for Mom too

Importance of Breast Feeding

Are you pregnant & trying to decide whether breastfeeding is right for you and your baby? Are you confused about this act?  You have probably heard all the ways that breastfeeding can benefit your newborn, but breastfeeding provides significant benefits to the mother as well. Breastfeeding is one of the most natural and beneficial acts a mother can do for her child.  Dramatic health benefits have been proven to pass from mother to child through breast milk. In the following lines you will get the information about the benefits of Breast Feeding to Mom.

Health Benefits to Moms Who Breastfeed

• Reduced risk of breast, ovarian, cervical, and endometrial cancers
• Reduced risk of anemia
• Protection against osteoporosis and hip fracture later in life
• Reduced risk of mortality for women with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) has been associated with total time of lactation
• Helps the mother's body return to its pre-pregnancy state faster - promotes weight loss...1/2 of calories needed to manufacture milk is pulled from fat stores... can burn from 500 - 1,500 calories per day.
• Helps delay return of fertility and to space subsequent pregnancies
• Develops a special emotional relationship and bonding with her child
• Breastmilk is free- reducing or eliminating the cost of formula (in the thousands of dollars/per year)
• Breastfed babies are sick less thus reducing healthcare costs to family in Doctor office visits, prescriptions, over the counter medicine purchases, and hospitalizations
• Moms miss less time off from work due to child related illnesses
• Helps the uterus contract after birth to control postpartum bleeding
• Benefits to the Environment and Society
• Breastfeeding reduces the cost of healthcare by promoting healthier children and mothers..........If all WIC babies in the U.S. were breastfed, our economical savings would be $33,000,000 per month ..........In 1993, 90,000 babies were hospitalized for RSV at a cost of 450 million dollars. Currently, the U.S. spends over 1 billion dollars a year on Otitis Media (ear infections)
• Reduced insurance premiums for both parents and employers
• Breastfeeding reduces global pollution by decreasing the use of resources and energy required to produce, process, package, distribute, promote and dispose of materials created by the manufacture and use of artificial baby milk
• Reduced tax burden on communities and government to ensure children are properly fed
• Reduced absenteeism in the workplace due to children's illnesses

Other Benefits from Breastfeeding

    * Breastfeeding makes you feel good, the hormones produced during nursing have an endorphin effect  giving you a relaxed feeling.
    * You have a great excuse to sit down and relax.....
    * You can nurse while sleeping...nursing moms get more rest than formula feeding moms.
    * Breastfeeding saves moms about 7 hours a week off their feet.
    * No screaming baby in the middle of the night waiting on the formula to heat up.
    * It's the only time you can ever lose weight without dieting or exercise!
    * Breastfeeding is more convenient, when traveling, all you need is to take diapers, the milk is always available, sterile, and the right temperature.
    * During times of disaster,  you don't have to worry about finding formula.
    * Breastfed babies smell great....spit ups don't stain, or smell, and poopie diapers are not offensive...(until solids are introduced)
    * Breastfed babies know their moms and will never confuse them with a sitter.
    * The strong bond developed with nursing is much more intense.
    * There is no feeling to describe the child suckling at your breast and letting go to give you a big smile; and knowing that the  growth of your baby came from what your body produced! Wow! What a feeling!
    * The satisfaction of knowing you are giving your baby the best start in life!
    * Breastmilk taste great! Sweet tasting! Variations in taste according to foods moms eats.  Have you ever tasted formula? Ugh!
    * Breastfeeding requires the use of only one arm....you can do other things while breastfeeding, (except cooking and driving)
    * Many, many more benefits, too numerous to list!!!

I hope this article help you to understand the importance of breast feeding, So you should Feed your new Born baby with your own milk. Through this way you can prevent yourself and your baby away from many risks...................

Benefits of Breast Feeding

Breast feeding has numerous benefits over the health of the babies such as lower possibilities to catch infections, lesser obesity, etc. Post the recent study done by the Oxford Researchers, we can now add one more health benefit in the list i. e. breast feeding helps in protecting from Breast Apo.

The Oxford researchers recently conducted a large study known as the Millennium Cohort Study in which they come to the conclusion that the feeding habits of 10,037 mothers and their babies, and found that the Children, who are breastfed for four months develops fewer behavior problems, which according mothers, could be because of the make-up of the breast milk. The results of the study have been published in journal Archives of Disease in Childhood. Children receive the most complete and optimal mix of nutrients & antibodies from breast milk. Have fewer incidences of vomiting and diarrhea in the US (20-35 million episodes of diarrhea occur in children under the age of 5

Moreover, this study concluded that breastfeeding could result in better mother-baby interaction, which the researchers studies by asking mothers to assess respective problems in their children by the age of five such as anxiousness and clinginess, restlessness, and lying or stealing. Among all 6% children, who were breastfed showed signs of behavior problems, which is definitely lesser than the 16% children, who were formula-fed.

"Our results provide even more evidence for the benefits of breastfeeding", said Maria Quigley of Oxford University. As according to her, breast milk contains large quantities of fatty acid, growth factors and hormones, which serves big in the development of the brain and nervous system of the babies.

Breastfeeding Facts

Health Benefits to Babies Who Breastfeed

1. ·         Children receive the most complete and optimal mix of nutrients & antibodies
2. ·         The varying composition of breast milk keeps pace with the infant's individual growth and       changing nutritional needs
3. ·         Have fewer incidences of vomiting and diarrhea in the US (20-35 million episodes of diarrhea occur in children under the age of 5, resulting in over 200,000 hospitalizations and 400-500 deaths in the U.S.)
4. ·         Protection against gastroenteritis, necrotizing entercolitis
5. ·         Reduced risk of chronic constipation, colic, and other stomach upsets
6. ·         Reduced risk of childhood diabetes
7. ·         Protection against ear infections, respiratory illnesses, pneumonia, bronchitis, kidney infections, septicemia (blood poisoning),
8. ·         Protection against allergies,   asthma, eczema, and severity of allergic disease
9. ·         Reduced risk of SIDS (sudden infant death syndrome) Statistics reveal that for every 87 deaths from SIDS, only 3 are breastfed.
10. ·         Protection against meningitis, botulism, childhood lymphoma, crohn's disease and ulcerative entercolits
11. ·         Decreased risk of tooth decay (cavities)
12. ·         Nursing promotes facial structure development, enhanced speech,  straighter teeth and enhances vision.
13. ·         Breastfed infants develop higher IQ's, and have improved brain and nervous system development; IQ advantage of 10-12 points studied at ages 8, 12, and 18.  (Breastfeeding is considered the 4th trimester in brain growth and development...there are specific proteins in human milk that promote brain development))
14. ·         Reduced risk of heart disease later in life
15. ·         Increased bone density
16. ·         Breastfeeding plays an important role in the emotional and spiritual  development of babies
17. ·         Breastfed babies enjoy a special warm bonding and emotional relationship with their mothers   
18. ·         Antibody response to vaccines are higher
19. ·         Are hospitalized 10 times less than formula fed infants in the first year of life
20. ·         The colostrum (first milk) coats the GI tract, preventing harmful bacteria and allergy -triggering protein molecules from crossing into baby's blood
21. ·         Decreased risk for vitamin E and Iron deficiency anemia
22. ·         Decreased risk for acute appendicitis, rheumatoid arthritis, inguinal hernia, pyloric stenosis
23. ·         There are factors in human milk that destroy E coli, salmonella, shigella, streptococcus, pneumococcus....and many others.

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