Breastfeeding has alot of positive benefits for your baby. Breastfeed babies have fewer ear infections, diarrheas and respiratory illnesses. Breastmilk also lowers the baby’s risk for obesity and contain all the vitamins and nutrients a baby needs for the first six months of their lives. I totally understand that it is difficult to breastfeed while you are working, but I will tell you one thing. Companies are more understanding than you think. While at work, I would pump three times a day about three hour apart. It was tough, but I was glad that I did it for my son’s first six months. When my son was five months old, he caught the swine flu. Because he was breastfeed, he got over it within 3 days. Today, at 11 months, he’s only had a cold once and so far has not have any ear infection.
Breastfeeding also has benefits for the mothers as well. Not only are you burning 500 calories a day, but you lower your risks for ovarian cancer and postpartum depression. It can also lower you stress level due to the hormone oxytocin. This is the same hormone you produce when you make love. Also, breastfeeding can lower your postpartum bleeding. It also promotes your uterus to get back to it’s normal size.
If all of the above facts have not motivate you to breastfeed your baby (even if for one week, one month or one year), please read the following article. Breastfeeding can really make a difference in your child’s life. Any amount of breastmilk is better than none.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/36175184/ns/health-kids_and_parenting/
But don’t just take my word for it
Namaste
