So, you're a dude who currently, recently, or will soon have
a breastfeeding woman in your life.
Not exact matches
Women who exclusively
breastfeed are also more likely to be stay at home mothers whose children get to avoid daycare and all the germs that come with it so those kids may tend to have less infections earlier
in life.
Obviously,
women who are committed to
breastfeeding their babies come hell or high water are probably just as committed to other aspects of their children's
lives which may explain some of the benefits seen
in SOME studies.
If,
in the end, it does turn out that
women who
breastfeed end up with flatter career trajectories overall (and I'd love to see how something that typically lasts for a year affects a
woman for
life... if there is a correlation I bet that
breastfeeding and other parenting decisions are co-incidental, not causational), well I guess like others, my response would be «so...?».
Women who
live in these communities are not questioned about «still»
breastfeeding their children.
The authors of The
Breastfeeding Book: Everything You Need to Know About Nursing Your Child from Birth Through Weaning say
women who have not
breastfed are four times more likely to develop osteoporosis later
in life.
Purpose: The purpose of this project was to determine if supplementing pregnant and lactating
women with DHA and extending the duration of exclusive
breastfeeding through the first year of
life will improve neurological development
in infants.
A large component of the project comprised of a
breastfeeding peer support program which consisted of prenatal visits, hospital visits, home visits and phone calls with anticipatory
breastfeeding guidance for up to an infants» first year of
life to ascertain that
woman in the study will
breastfeed for longer durations to establish a link between DHA and neurological development.
As for number 3, it is ethically suspect to exaggerate the benefits of
breastfeeding, pretend that that
breastfeeding is a matter of
life and death
in the US, mislead
women on the state of the scientific evidence and above all, to shame and scare
women about formula feeding.
A Roadmap to Improving Support for
Breastfeeding Mothers Three out of four women in the United States provide their infants with the healthiest start in life by b
Breastfeeding Mothers Three out of four
women in the United States provide their infants with the healthiest start
in life by
breastfeedingbreastfeeding.
The
lives of a further 20,000 mothers could be saved with higher rates of
breastfeeding, due to the lower incidence of breast cancer
in women who
breastfed.
As a result, and following extensive consultation, the British HIV Association recognized
in their 2011 updated Position Paper that an HIV - positive
woman already receiving triple ART, with a repeated undetectable viral load at delivery may, after careful consideration, choose to exclusively
breastfeed for the first 6 months of her baby's
life and continue
breastfeeding along side the appropriate introduction of solids during by the 6 - 24 month period.
I am writing this post, however, to urge you to support
breastfeeding mothers and the
women in your
life who want to
breastfeed.
Breastfeeding can also reduce the chances for some
women of getting diseases such as breast or ovarian cancer later
in life.
It is not fair to ask
women, any
woman, to
breastfeed when she
lives in a community that is devoid of support.
For
women who choose to
breastfeed there are lower risks associated with breast and ovarian cancer, less chance of hip fractures and osteoporosis
in later
life, and the added benefit that it helps with getting back to their pre-baby weight.
All my
life I had never considered anything but
breastfeeding - all the
women in my family did.
The study showed that
breastfeeding is associated with about a 10 percent lower risk of several major cardiovascular diseases
in later
life among Chinese
women, and
breastfeeding duration seemed to play a role.
This inspiring, real -
life news story describes an amazing way
women came together to support a
woman's right to
breastfeed in public.
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Her own mother, sisters, aunts, cousins, friends and other
women from maybe the surrounding village would be there to give her time to rest, heal and
breastfeed, as well as acclimate to the new
life in the family.
Here we are now
in 2014 where many more
women initiate
breastfeeding (over 90 % here
in Australia where I am
living now) and we have page after page of
breastfeeding information we can look up on the web.
And then, it also, the reduction
in Cancer risk comes
in proportion to the cumulative
life - time that a
woman breastfeeds.
If a mother has been raised
in an environment (or is currently
living in one) that shames
women for
breastfeeding, or shames their bodies
in general, she might not feel comfortable or supported
in her decision to
breastfeed.
It may be assumed, that, as
in other countries, the sharp drop
in breastfeeding rates after the first few days of
life is due to lack of
breastfeeding support and is a major reason that
women do not achieve their own
breastfeeding goals [3].
Whether you are pregnant,
breastfeeding, planning on becoming pregnant, or approaching nearly every phase
in a
woman's
life you are heavily encouraged to take prenatal vitamins.
Additionally,
breastfeeding moms are less likely to develop diabetes later
in life, which is especially important for
women who develop gestational diabetes or have a family history of this disease.
But, I came to realize that, even with so many of the things that I imagined would make
breastfeeding «easier»
in the United States where I
live,
women will always be
in need of trained, evidence - based lactation care.
Tim makes an ass of himself
in the first season of «The
Life & Times of Tim» when he suggests that a
woman breastfeeding her baby at a restaurant needs to cover up.
With ∼ 27 % of
women returning to work
in the first 12 months of their baby's
life, finding ways to combine
breastfeeding and paid work is likely to be an issue for many of these
women (Work and Family Unit, 1998).
Breastfeeding may decrease the risk of cardiovascular disease
in later
life, as indicated by lower cholesterol and C - reactive protein levels
in breastfed adult
women.
The highest rates of
breastfeeding are observed among higher - income, college - educated
women > 30 years of age
living in the Mountain and Pacific regions of the United States.60 Obstacles to the initiation and continuation of
breastfeeding include physician apathy and misinformation,61 - 63 insufficient prenatal
breastfeeding education, 64 disruptive hospital policies, 65 inappropriate interruption of
breastfeeding, 62 early hospital discharge
in some populations, 66 lack of timely routine follow - up care and postpartum home health visits, 67 maternal employment68, 69 (especially
in the absence of workplace facilities and support for
breastfeeding), 70 lack of broad societal support, 71 media portrayal of bottle - feeding as normative, 72 and commercial promotion of infant formula through distribution of hospital discharge packs, coupons for free or discounted formula, and television and general magazine advertising.73, 74
Women refuse to
breastfeed because they are scared the child won't latch on to lazy to even give it a try or too fearful to wonder if there body will keep up with the milk formula IS what it is formula and to all the fortunate
breastfeed babies they are off to a wonderful great start
in life
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I understand that
breastfeeding a child who is 2 years old isn't for everyone, and I fully support other
women's choices
in how long they
breastfeed for, but
breastfeeding my triplets for 2 years has been one of the most amazing experiences of my
life and I am proud of myself and very happy that it continues.
It was only last year that Japan reported more than 50 percent of
women in their country
breastfeed exclusively for the first three months of their child's
life.
According to the most current study, the number of
women who choose to
breastfeed in the United States continues to rise, with 77 percent of new moms reporting they at least
breastfed their babies for the first few months of their
life, if not for a year — or years.
This is a long - term strategy to reduce body burdens and is probably most relevant for girls and young
women to reduce exposure of the developing fetus and when
breastfeeding infants later on
in life.
In his characteristic friendly style he explains how
breastfeeding is a
woman's right, as an integral part of her normal sexual and reproductive
life.
Apart from reminding mothers of a very special time
in their
lives, the photos also serve another purpose - they are a way to show other
women just how beautiful it is to
breastfeed and how special the
breastfeeding relationship is between mother and child.
After standardizing the data for age, menopausal status, and economic standing of her country (so that these factors did not influence the results), this study concluded that a
woman who
breastfed for 12 months
in her
life reduced her risk of developing breast cancer by 4.3 %.
Akre postulates that if Irish
women (who have the lowest
breastfeeding initiation rates
in the world [9], at 45 %)
lived in Sweden where
breastfeeding rates are high, most of them would also
breastfeed.
What I love about it is its
women showing that it's like «Hey, this is my
life as this is my job, this is what I do and
in the community, this is what I do
in the World, and I'm still an active
breastfeeding mom».
Ultimately, both candidates have refreshing views on public
breastfeeding, especially
in an era when
women already face stigmas
in all areas of
life.
The FEeding Support Team (FEST) trial, comparing proactive and reactive telephone support with reactive - only telephone support for
breastfeeding women living in disadvantaged areas.
While some studies have looked at outcomes much later
in life, this new study is the first to assess how
breastfeeding affects markers of heart health
in younger and middle - aged
women, about a decade after having children.
Studies show that
women who have
breastfed experience reduced rates of breast and ovarian cancer later
in life.
Inclusion criteria:
women admitted to the ward between 26 July and 18 October 2010 who
lived in the 3 most disadvantaged postcode area quintiles for the Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation
in 2009 and who were
breastfeeding.
Women or their infants were excluded from participating if the mother was under 16 years (Hoddinott 2012), had a medical contraindication (Hoddinott 2012; Junior 2007; Paul 2012), the physical condition of baby prevented
breastfeeding (Junior 2007), if the hospital stay was longer than usual, there were any postnatal complications
in the mother or newborn, no phone number,
living outside the area, or child protection concerns (Paul 2012), and any prenatal drug use, psychiatric illness, or HIV positive status (Serwint 1996).
Although findings are mixed regarding associations between
breastfeeding and the development of asthma and atopic disease
in childhood, exclusive
breastfeeding for the first 6 months of
life has multiple known benefits and remains the recommendation of ACOG for all
women who do not have physical or medical conditions that prohibit
breastfeeding.