Breast milk is Complete Form of Nutrition for infants as it helps to infant stay healthy,improves immune system.Breast milk is first food of infant as it provide various range of benefits-Health,Growth,Immune system,Development.
Breastfeeding is natural to provide all nutrition to baby.With the support of Family,Health Professionals and Correct information mother can breastfeed to baby for long time. Its a personal choice of every mother how long they want to breastfeed to baby.
Benefits To baby-
1.Protect Against Allergies
Babies who are fed a formula milk run high risk of suffering from allergy reaction once food is introduced.Breast milk contain IgA(immunoglobulins).These Immune factor fights of illness,Infection.they also protect against allergies,such as milk allergy,wheezing,eczema,especially for those infant who have family history of allergy.
2.Lessen the risk of SIDS
Although connection is unclear,but breastfed infant run low risk than formula fed infant.
3.Protect throughout the childhood
Breast milk contain Immune properties such as IgE,IgG,IgM,IgA,IgD. Because of these immune properties baby can fight with various disease,illness,allergies.after stopping breast-milk your baby continue to get benefits of these immune substance for long period.
4.Boost Intelligence
There is strong link between Breastfeeding and cognitive development. Researcher suggest that,the longer you breastfed to your child,higher chances to have high IQ.Studies have shown an increase up to 7.5 IQ points in elementary age children who are breastfed as well as they also have improvement in verbal performance.
5.Increase weight
Breast milk contain all the nutrition's so it helps to gain weight for babies.
6.Easy to Digest
Its easy to babies to digest breast milk than formula milk. Babies take time to adjust with proteins available in cow's milk.and they also feel discomfort.so breast milk is easy to digest for infant.
7.Affordability
For mom's its affordable to breastfed than formula milk.Mom can breastfed to baby anytime,anywhere.so it doesn't cost like formula milk.
Benefits To Moms-
1.Helps to Relive Stress and Postpartum Depression-
When you nurse your child,a hormone known as oxytocin is released,which nurture the feeling of relaxation and keeps calm.Women who don't breastfed or who stop breastfeeding early they have high risk of postpartum depression.
2.Helps to Lose Weight for mom's
Breast milk Contains 20 calories per ounce.that means if you breastfed your baby 20 ounce a day,mother is loosing 400 calories per day.These the easiest way and time to lose pregnancy weight.
3.Strong Bonding between mom and Baby
Physical Contact is important for your baby and to yourself as Mother. Breastfeeding gives you some quite time and relax skin to skin to your child.When you start to fed your baby in your body oxytocin is released which helps to you and your to keep calm and sooth.as well as it helps to contract uterus.
4.Protect from Breast Cancer
The longer you breastfed,higher chances to protect from Breast Cancer and Ovarian cancer.It is believed that internal structural changes helps to protect from cancer.and the oestrogen suppression associated with breastfeeding may affect the likelihood of developing ovarian cancer.
5.Ease
While breastfeeding takes some effort,once you and your baby have a hang on it.These is easiest thing in the world.you can fed your baby anytime,anywhere.There is no need to sterilize the bottle,no measuring of formula.you can satisfy baby's hunger instant.
Breastfeeding is always beneficial for baby and mother.It takes some effort for you and your baby also.but the benefits are in extreme level, so at least you should try to give best to your baby.
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