Further more, those I know
who breastfed their children are significantly more healthy and don't get sick near as often as those who have formula fed their babies.
However, research has found that mothers
who breastfeed their children can lower that risk for up to two years after childbirth.
A study found that women
who breastfed their children reduced their risk of developing postpartum depression, which is a major win, especially since anyone going through PPD might find it difficult to breastfeed their child.
There are countless stories of parents in the LGBTQ community
who breastfeed their children, either the parent who carried the child will nurse, or in some cases, co-nursing is encouraged and practiced.
Mothers
who breastfeed their children lower their risk for diabetes and, as is often seen in breastfeeding research, the protection is dose - dependent.
I did not breast feed at night but I have other mom and therapist friends
who breastfed their children and used the same or very similar method with success.
I am a mother
who breastfed my children well into tyke - dom.
As a mother
who breastfed both children (and worked through multiple problems in order to be successful), it drives me a little crazy to see negative breastfeeding stereotypes reinforced on mainstream television programs.
As a mother
who breastfed her children long - term, I wish this book had been available when my children were still breastfeeding.
In Stupino, the success of the League's work is reflected in the high percentage of its course attendees (83 %)
who breastfeed their children for more than one year, while 50 % continue to breastfeed for more than two years.
But a larger group of studies over the past ten years has proved that women
who breastfeed their children past the age of two years actually reduce their chances of contracting pre-menopausal breast cancer by 30 percent.
Women
who breastfeed their children have been shown to be less likely to develop uterine, endometrial or ovarian cancer.
* Though not a uniquely female experience, since there are trans men and non-binary people
who breastfeed their children.
Women
who breastfed their children had a Body Mass Index (BMIS) of about 1 % less than those who formula fed.
I had one girlfriend
who breastfed her children and offered to help with any questions I had.
Surprisingly, one of the biggest obstacles a mother,
who breastfeeds her children past 1 year, has to overcome - is Criticism.
«This law ensures that a mother
who breastfeeds her child in public has the same protection as a woman who bottle - feeds her child.»
A lot of women
who breastfeed their children past 1 year start tandem breastfeeding too because of a new pregnancy and a new baby.
You should take advice from a trusted friend or family member
who breastfed their child for several months or more, or see a lactation consultant.
Positive affirmations for us moms
who breastfeed our children until they are ready to give it up.....
Someone
who breastfeeds a child who could prepare their own grilled - cheese sandwich is obviously not just doing it for nutrition.
Finally, to study the relation between breastfeeding and risk of maternal post partum depression, our results evidence a significant difference between mothers
who breastfed their child and mothers who not breastfeed him in terms of post partum depression [χ2 (1) = 3.8, P = 0.049](Table 5).
Not exact matches
I am all for a mother
breastfeeding her baby discreetly, but for those
who assume that there's nothing wrong with whipping out a breast to feed her
child anywhere she wants, that I find just rude and patronizing to anyone around her.
Children who see a woman
breastfeeding aren't going to be harmed.
That is one reason why I actively support women (and by extension, their partners and families)
who want to
breastfeed and parent their
children in an «attached» way.
An excellent starting resource is the book
Breastfeeding and Natural Child Spacing by Sheila Kippley, an NFP practitioner and breastfeeding counsellor who is hers
Breastfeeding and Natural
Child Spacing by Sheila Kippley, an NFP practitioner and
breastfeeding counsellor who is hers
breastfeeding counsellor
who is herself Catholic.
I know people with these conditions
who struggled significantly with
breastfeeding their first
child, but were able to successfully
breastfeed their second
child because they were more informed and more prepared.
When we
breastfeed and watch our
children thrive and grow on the milk our bodies made we are the ones
who feel that these formula companies are trying everything possible for us to buy their products.
«But Attachment Parenting International supports parents in all walks of life, including mothers
who are unable to
breastfeed, and I was able to learn how to meet my
child's attachment needs through sensitive responsiveness beyond
breastfeeding.»
In Bangladesh, where infant formula isn't readily accessible, affordable or safe for most families, 98 percent of babies are
breastfed and the average age of weaning is 33 months (source:
WHO Global Data Bank on Infant and Young
Child Feeding).
That was my thought as well - that it's not so much that
breastfeeding prevents a mother from neglecting her
child, but that the type of mother
who chooses to
breastfeed her
child is less likely to be the type of mother
who would neglect her
child.
My friend said that with her first
child, she got the best help in hospital from a domestic,
who had
breastfed.
-- including a list of moms
who have
breastfed older
children.
I had a friend
who breastfed her 3
children from 5 - 6 months.
Melissa,
who points out that she
breastfed her three
children, said, «Are you freaking kidding me?
I told her about another friend
who gave up
breastfeeding her 1st
child at 3 weeks, due to bad medical advice, about an abcess.
So, you
breastfed all of them exclusively for 1 year (yes, many doctors argue that you should not give any solids for the entire first year if life), only fed organic foods after you let them start feeding themselves at 1 year, never offered baby cereals, don't put anything in plastic, wore your baby every minute of every day, co-slept or didn't co-sleep, depending on
who you asked, don't allow your
children to sleep on commercially produced mattresses, don't use any Johnson's products, etc. etc. etc.?
I honestly believe that mothers
who continue to
breastfeed their
children past the infant and toddler stage is so beautiful and touching.
How are women
who are told that they must
breastfeed and it is best for their
child ever supposed to «win» in this kind of a climate?
A family member
who had not been successful
breastfeeding her first
child came to me and asked for some advice about how to do better with her next one.
Seven years later I have four
children, all of whom were exclusively
breastfed (with the exception of my first
who was supplemented with formula for a short time while I was having difficulty), all of whom either were or will be
breastfed for at least two years.
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.
I also know many stay - at - home moms
who formula fed and left the workplace to stay with their
children - so the «cons» against
breastfeeding are «cons about having
children» but not cons against
breastfeeding.
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.
Now it is definitely true that mothers
who believe in dedicating more time to their
children often tend to be mothers
who breastfeed.
According to Baby Center, studies show that young
children who were exclusively
breastfed as infants had higher the IQs and than those that were formula - fed.
A woman
who breastfeeds past age 6 months and is financially secure might be more inclined, as a majority, to have multiple (3 +)
children.
I have a few qualms about his hunch that «The key difference is likely to come down to the demands of
breastfeeding following the birth of a
child — an activity that's energy - intensive, time - consuming, and quite difficult to integrate with paid work, at least as work is currently structured» — because that assumes that all women
who want a high status - high income partner plan to have
children.
A study released by the National Institutes of Health in 2004 indicated that
children who were
breastfed had a 20 % lower risk of dying between 28 days and our year old when compared to
children who weren't
breastfed during this time.
Women
who live in these communities are not questioned about «still»
breastfeeding their
children.