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Are There Breast feeding Benefits for the Mother?


Breastfeeding will helps to burns extra calories, so it can help you lose pregnancy weight faster. and It releases the hormones like  oxytocin, these are  helps in uterus return to its pre-pregnancy size and may reduce uterine bleeding after birth. Breastfeeding also lowers your risk of breast and ovarian cancer. It may lower your risk of osteoporosis
The first few days after the child birth, your breasts make an ideal "first milk." It's called colostrum. Colostrum is thick, yellowish and scant, but there's plenty to meet your baby's nutritional needs. Colostrum helps a baby s digestive tract develop and prepare itself to digest breast milk. Most babies lose a small amount of weight in the first 3 to 5 days after birth. This is unrelated to breastfeeding.As your baby needs more milk and nurses more, your breasts respond by making more milk. Experts suggest that breastfeeding exclusively no formula, juice, or water for six  months. If you supplement with formula, your breasts might make less milk. Even if you breastfeed less than the recommended 6 months, it's better to breastfeed for a short time than no time at all. You can add solid food at 6 months but also continue to breastfeed if you want to keep producing milk.
Worries about producing enough milk
A general rule of thumb is that a baby who's wetting six to eight diapers a day is most likely getting enough milk. Avoid supplementing your breast milk with formula, and never give your infant plain water. Your body needs the frequent, regular demand of your baby's nursing to keep producing milk. Some women mistakenly think they can't breastfeed if they have small breasts. But small-breasted women can make milk just as well as large-breasted women. Good nutrition, plenty of rest, and staying well hydrated all help, too.

Advantages of breastfeeding for the baby

Superior nutrition, There is an increased resistance to infections, and therefore fewer incidents of illness and hospitalisation, Decreased risk of allergies and lactose intolerance, Breast milk is sterile, Baby experiences less nappy rash and thrush, Baby is less likely to develop allergies, Baby experiences fewer stomach upsets and constipation, Breastfed infants tend to have fewer cavities, Breastfeeding promotes the proper development of baby’s jaw and teeth., Breastfed infants tend to have higher IQs due to good brain development early in life, Babies benefit emotionally, because they are held more, Breastfeeding promotes mother-baby bonding, In the long term, breastfed babies have a decreased risk of malnutrition, obesity and heart disease compared to formula fed babies.

Advantages of breastfeeding for the mother

The baby's sucking causes a mothers uterus to contract and reduces the flow of blood after delivery During lactation, menstruation ceases, offering a form of contraception, Mothers who breastfeed tend to lose weight and achieve their pre-pregnancy figure more easily than mothers who bottle feed, Mothers who breastfeed are less likely to develop breast cancer later in life, Breastfeeding is more economical than formula feeding, There are less trips to the doctor and less money is spent on medications, Breastfeeding promotes mother-baby bonding, Hormones released during breast-feeding create feelings of warmth and calm in the mother


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