Breastfeeding Benefits Mother and Child
A mother's love is perfectly expressed in breastfeeding an infant. In addition to building a strong mother-child bond, breastfeeding provides vitamins and nutrients which have numerous benefits for both mothers and babies.
Find out how currentMedical Research on Breastfeeding has confirmed what mothers have known for ages --that breastfeeding is good for both mother and child.
Baby Benefits from Breastfeeding
- Breastfeeding is the most natural and nutritious way
to encourage your baby's development.
- Breastfed infants have fewer illnesses and milder
effects when illness does occur.
- Mother Benefits from Breastfeeding
- Mothers bond with their infants by nursing them at the breast, a very meaningful connection establishing a secure environment.
- The ongoing production of milk in the mother burns calories, helping in weight loss after pregnancy.
- The milk-producing hormone, prolactin, is a wonderful by-product of breastfeeding. Called the "mothering hormone," prolactin has a relaxing effect on mother and stimulates maternal instincts.
- Even More Ways the Mother Benefits
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