Reasons breastfeeding is good for Mom:
- Breastfeeding causes normal contractions that help the mother’s uterus return to its pre-pregnant state. (maybe why I never looked like I was still pregnant after Joshua was born).
- For each 12 months of breastfeeding, the mother's risk for breast cancer is reduced by 4.3% and 7% for each pregnancy.
- Nighttime feedings do not require the preparation of warming a bottle.
- Mother burns an extra 600 calories a day.
- Breast milk is free. Artificial milk costs between $900-$4,700 the first year. Additional food costs for a breastfeeding mother runs approximately $120 per year.
- Breast milk is portable and does not require extra planning before leaving the house.
- Breastfeeding triggers the release of oxytocin (commonly called the maternal hormone), which helps relax both mother and infant and enhances bonding.
- Breast milk is "species specific", made by nature to meet your infant’s nutritional needs. When an infant is born early, the mother’s milk has increased properties to meet the special infant’s nutritional needs.
- Breastfeeding protects against SIDS (Sudden Infant Death Syndrome), and infants who are breastfed have lower incidence of ear infections, diarrhea, respiratory infections and necrotizing entercolitis.
- Breastfeeding protects against diabetes, obesity, hypertension, and immune system diseases in adulthood.
- Breastfed infants digest human milk quickly. This leads to more frequent feedings and better protection for the infant. They get a new coating of breast milk with each feeding to protect them from illness.
- Breastfed infants have better oral development.
- Breast milk is safe for your infant. There is no risk of contamination at the manufacturing site.
- Breastfeeding can calm an infant quickly. You can breastfeed right after procedures such as lab tests or vaccinations.
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