Not exact matches
• Breastmilk contains special antibodies which help
protect your baby
against infections • Breastmilk is your baby's natural food, it's easily digested and enough on its own for the first 6 months •
Breastfed babies are less likely to have eczema and diabetes or high blood pressure and obesity later on •
Breastfeeding helps you and your baby to get to know each other •
Breastfeeding means you'll return to your pre-pregnancy weight quicker •
Breastfeeding helps give you stronger bones in later life and helps
protect against breast and ovarian
cancer •
Breastfed babies are not as windy as bottle - fed babies • Nappies are not as smelly!
Breastfeeding has many benefits that include
protecting the baby
against inflammatory diseases of the gut, lungs or ears, and longer term health problems such as diabetes and obesity, improved cognitive outcomes, and
protecting the mother
against breast cancer.
Reduced Risk of Some
Cancers Studies have found the longer a mom
breastfeeds, the more they are
protected against breast and ovarian
cancer.
For mothers,
breastfeeding protects against breast and ovarian
cancer and diabetes.
If even half of all babies under 6 months of age were exclusively
breastfed, we would save hundreds of thousands of lives and help
protect against breast cancer, ovarian
cancer and diabetes in mothers across the globe.
Studies have shown that infants who are
breastfed are less likely to develop diarrheal diseases, ear infections and asthma, and that
breastfeeding can
protect the mother
against breast, cervical and endometrial
cancer.
«In nonsmoking women,
breastfeeding for more than six months may
protect against breast cancer.»
Breastfeeding bonds a mother to her baby, stimulates important hormonal activities in her body, helps her lose weight after pregnancy and
protects her
against future
breast cancer and osteoporosis.
Women who
breastfeed have a reduced risk for developing osteoporosis,
breast and ovarian
cancers and type 2 diabetes, among other health benefits... Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is currently advising mothers to
protect infants
against the swine flu outbreak by
breastfeeding and states that one of the «best things» mothers can do for babies who become ill is to continue to
breastfeed.
Among other benefits,
breastfeeding: stimulates the release of the hormone oxytocin in the mother's body promoting bonding between mother and baby; satisfies baby's emotional needs; provides superior nutrition; helps prevent maternal
breast cancer, endometrial
cancer, ovarian
cancer and osteoporosis; helps prevent future
breast cancer in infant girls; promotes higher infant IQ; helps pass baby's meconium; provides immunization
against disease; is more digestible than formula; aids in mother's post-partum physical recovery; helps
protect the infant from Crohn's disease, juvenile diabetes, allergies, asthma, SIDS, hemophilus b. virus, cardopulmonary distress, ulcerative colitis, necrotizing enterocolitis, and other medical problems; enhances vaccine effectiveness, and is a natural contraceptive.