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| Benefits of Breastfeeding Thanks to Medela, Inc. at www.medela.com. Why Is Breastfeeding Best?
Compelling reasons you should breastfeed your baby Best for Baby: - Research shows that breastfed infants have fewer and shorter episodes of illness.
- Breastfeeding is the most natural and nutritious way to encourage your baby’s optimal development.
- Colostrum (the first milk) is a gentle, natural laxative that helps clear baby’s intestine, decreasing the chance for jaundice to occur.
- The superior nutrition provided by breastmilk benefits your baby’s IQ.
- Breastfeeding is a gentle way for newborns to transition to the world outside the womb.
- The skin-to-skin contact encouraged by breastfeeding offers babies greater emotional security and enhances bonding.
- The activity of sucking at the breast enhances development of baby’s oral muscles, facial bones, and aids in optimal dental development.
- Breastfeeding appears to reduce the risk of obesity and hypertension.
- Breastfeeding delays the onset of hereditary allergic disease, and lowers the risk of developing allergic disease.
- Breastfeeding helps the baby’s immune system mature, protecting the baby in the meantime from viral, bacteria, and parasitic infections.
- Breastfeeding increases the effectiveness of immunizations, increasing the protection against polio, tetanus, and diptheria vaccines.
- Breastfeeding protects against developing chronic diseases such as: celiac disease, inflammatory bowel disease, asthma, and childhood cancers.
- The benefits of breastfeeding appear to last even after the baby has been weaned.
Lack of Breastfeeding Increases the Risk to the Infant of:
• Ear infections • Childhood diabetes • Obesity • Gastrointestinal and diarrheal infections • Childhood cancers • SIDS • Respiratory infections • Allergies . Best for Mother: - Research shows that breastfeeding benefits the health of mothers.
- Breastmilk is always fresh, perfectly clean, just the right temperature, and is the healthy choice at the least cost!
- Increased levels of oxytocin stimulate postpartum uterine contractions, minimizing blood loss and encouraging rapid uterine toning.
- From 3 months to 12 months postpartum, breastfeeding increases the rate of weight loss in most nursing mothers.
- Breastfeeding offers some protection against the early return of fertility.
- Because breastfed babies are healthier, their mothers miss less work and spend less time and money on pediatric care.
- Breastfeeding women report psychological benefits such as increased self-confidence and a stronger sense of connection with their babies.
Lack of Breastfeeding Increases the Risk to the Mother of:
• Urinary tract infection • Pre-and post-menopausal breast cancer • Pre-and post-menopausal breast cancer • Ovarian cancer • Osteoporosis . Infant Health References:
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Heinig MJ, Dewey K: Health advantages of breastfeeding for infants: a critical review, Nutrition Research Reviews 1996; 9:89-110.
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Kramer M, Chalmers B, Hodnett E, Zinaida S et al: Promotion of Breastfeeding Intervention Trial (PROBIT): A Randomized Trial in the Republic of Belarus, JAMA 2001; 285:413-420.
M Labbok, G Hendershot. Does breastfeeding protect against malocclusion? An analysis of the 1981 child health supplement to the national health interview survey. American J Preventative Medicine 1987; 3(4):227-232.
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Maternal Health References:
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Cohen R, Mrtek M, Mrtek R: Comparison of maternal absenteeism and infant illness rates among breast-feeding and formula-feeding women in two corporations, American J Health Promot 1995; 10(2):148-153.
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