Why Is Breastfeeding Best?
Compelling reasons you should breastfeed your baby
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Best for Baby:
  • Research shows that breast fed infants have fewer and shorter episodes of illness.
  • Breastfeeding is the most natural and nutritious way to encourage your baby’s optimal
    development.
  • Colostrum (the first milk) is a gentle, natural laxative that helps clear baby’s intestine,
    decreasing the chance for jaundice to occur.
  • The superior nutrition provided by breast milk benefits your baby’s IQ.
  • Breastfeeding is a gentle way for newborns to transition to the world outside the womb.
  • The skin-to-skin contact encouraged by breastfeeding offers babies greater emotional
    security and enhances bonding.
  • The activity of sucking at the breast enhances development of baby’s oral muscles, facial
    bones, and aids in optimal dental development.
  • Breastfeeding appears to reduce the risk of obesity and hypertension.
  • Breastfeeding delays the onset of hereditary allergic disease, and lowers the risk of
    developing allergic disease.
  • Breastfeeding helps the baby’s immune system mature, protecting the baby in the
    meantime from viral, bacteria, and parasitic infections.
  • Breastfeeding increases the effectiveness of immunizations, increasing the protection
    against polio, tetanus, and diphtheria vaccines.
  • Breastfeeding protects against developing chronic diseases such as: celiac disease,
    inflammatory bowel disease, asthma, and childhood cancers.
  • The benefits of breastfeeding appear to last even after the baby has been weaned
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Benefits
Best for Mother:
  • Research shows that breastfeeding benefits the health of mothers.
  • Breast milk is always fresh, perfectly clean, just the right temperature, and is the
    healthy choice at the least cost!
  • Increased levels of oxytocin stimulate postpartum uterine contractions, minimizing blood
    loss and encouraging rapid uterine toning.
  • From 3 months to 12 months postpartum, breastfeeding increases the rate of weight
    loss in most nursing mothers.
  • Breastfeeding offers some protection against the early return of fertility.
  • Because breast fed babies are healthier, their mothers miss less work and spend less
    time and money on pediatric care.
  • Breastfeeding women report psychological benefits such as increased self-confidence
    and a stronger sense of connection with their babies.