Dec 09
22
Breast Feeding’s Health Benefits?
There may be some health benefits to breast feeding for women that were not fully realized or appreciated before, which may also help women decide to breast feed a little more readily. First, there are the obvious drawbacks to breast feeding for the women who do choose to breast feed. First, it is a very large undertaking for women. You have to pump your breast milk out every few hours for a long time when you’re breast feeding, and this can obviously put a substantial dent in your life’s carefree ways. You also have to worry about your breasts sagging after you breast feed.
This is one of the largest reasons that women, after breast feeding, decided to either under go breast enlargement surgery, or they look for breast implant alternatives to help them again fill out the “deflation” of their breasts that occurs when the breasts go back down to their normal size after their done feeding baby for that time.
Then, there are the obvious, and glaring benefits to breastfeeding. First, there is the biggest one, which is that your child gets an immense benefit from drinking your breast milk instead of formula. Some research has shown that children who are breast fed are not only much stronger and develop faster, but their brains may also benefit from this early boost to development, and there are the obvious benefits to their immune system since woman’s breast milk passes valuable antibodies over to the child – less antibodies for the child to have to produce on their own at that young age.
Now, women are also going to have another thing to consider when thinking about breast vs. bottle feeding. They may have lower long term risks of both diabetes and heart health risks. This is huge, because women who bottle feed showed a higher likelihood toward these types of diseases. It’s not clear whether this is directly linked to actual breast feeding or other lifestyle factors of these women, but it certainly is another reason to consider breast feeding your child.
