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The Benefits Of Breastfeeding

Contrary to what infant formula companies want you to believe, infant formula can not replace Breast Milk when it comes to protecting your baby's health and promoting healthy long-term development.

Breast Milk Is A Complete Food
As noted in the featured article in the stranger : Colostrum, The thick golden liquid that first come out of a woman's breasts after giving birth is engineered to below in fat but high in carbohydrates and protein, making it quickly and easily digestible.

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Breast Milk Offers Natural Immunity
As Noted in the featured article : Not nearly enough people know about this mind-blowing characteristic of breast milk, It changes daily based on signals from the baby. Indeed, It's not just vitamins, minerals, proteins and fats that make breast milk far superior to formula.

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Variations in Breast Milk Linked To Differences In Infant Obesity
Previous research has shown that children of obese mothers have an increased risk of future obesity, but recent research suggests the composition of a mother's breast milk may be a far more significant factor and it goes back to the oligonucleotides mentioned earlier.

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Breast Milk Helps Protect Preemies Against Blindness
Breast milk may particularly important for preemies, nephropathy of premature drops is an eye disease that in 10 percent of sever cases causes blindness. More than half of preemies born before 30 weeks of gestation are afflicted and up to 50,000 children around the globe go blind as a result of IT Each Year.

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Breast Milk has also been shown to reduce other complications associated with premature birth, including : 
  • Narcotizing Enterocolitis, A severe Gastrointestinal Disease.
  • Blood Infections
  • Lung Disease
How Breastfeeding Benefits The Mother
In the short-term, nursing helps a woman shed that extra baby weight she put on during pregnancy. That alone is reason enough to breastfeed for many women, but the benefits go far beyond that. For example, Recent Research suggests breastfeeding may reduce a woman's risk of cardiovascular disease later in life.

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Other studies have also shown breastfeeding benefits the mother by : 
  • Enhancing maternal behavior through increased release of oxytocin.
  • Acting as a natural birth control.
  • Reducing diabetic mother's need for insulin.
  • Reducing the risk of women with gestational diabetes from becoming lifelong diabetics.
  • Reducing your risk of endometrial, ovarian and breast cancers.
  • Reducing Your risk of metabolic syndrome.
New Moms Need More Support
Hospitals also need to do a batter job when it comes to promoting breastfeeding and supporting women who want, but may struggle, to nurse. While some women cannot, for a variety of reasons, breastfeed, most can. More often than not, they simply need a little bit of guidance and support.

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Do You Need Help Breastfeeding?
The majority of women able to produce adequate supplies of milk and breastfeed successfully. One common misconception is that you are not producing enough milk. It's important to realize that the more your baby nurses, the more milk you will produce.

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Healthier Alternatives To Infant Formula
I encourage you to do all you can to breastfeed your baby successfully, and exclusively, for at least the first six month and longer if possible. This is one of the best gift you can give to your baby and the health benefits will last a lifetime. If you find yourself unable to breastfeed, or you have adopted your newborn, you may want to consider using donated breast milk.

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