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The Beauty of Breast
The American Academy
of Pediatrics (AAP) recommends breastfeeding throughout baby's first
year. "Human milk is the absolute perfect food for an infant -- full of
living antibodies and customized for your baby," says Mary Kat Smith,
R.N., a lactation consultant at Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit. If the
idea seems a bit overwhelming, don't worry. Most moms get the hang of it
pretty quickly. When in doubt, pull out this handy breastfeeding guide.
And remember:
Breastfed babies
have fewer respiratory problems, ear infections, colds and flu than
formula-fed...
Sunday, 30 December 2012
Thursday, 27 December 2012
Composition of mother's breast milk
It is optimal for both babies and
mothers. For babies it can protect against infections and reduce the
rates of later health problems including diabetes, obesity, and asthma.
For mothers breastfeeding helps the uterus to contract and bleeding
to cease more quickly after delivery. Breastfeeding can reduce
the risk of breast and ovarian cancer and also provides a great way
for mothers to bond with their babies.
The advantages of breastfeeding are numerous. Breast milk...
Wednesday, 26 December 2012
Brest feeding so important
Why breastfeeding is important? What does WHO say?
WHO
& UNICEF recommends that a baby should be exclusively breast fed
for 6 months. After six months, safe & proper additional foods and
liquids should complement breast feeding to meet the nutritional needs
of a young child up to the age of two years.
Why breast milk is best?
Breast milk is Mother Nature's gift to the baby! There are more than 200 constituents of breast milk known to science.
About 80 percent of live cells in breast milk are made of macrophages that kill bacteria and viruses
Breast...
Tuesday, 25 December 2012
Breastfeeding Tips for New Moms
Breastfeeding Tips for New Moms
We hope you've decided to at least try breastfeeding tips.
Even if you only nurse your baby for a few days or weeks, that early
milk, called colostrum, provides an important source of antibodies to protect against disease as Baby's own immune system develops during the first year.
But did you know that breastfeeding benefits you, too?
It helps your uterus return to its pre-pregnancy size and reduces post-delivery bleeding.
It makes it easier to lose those pregnancy pounds (you burn up to 500 extra calories a day nursing).
It may reduce your risk of postpartum...
Sunday, 23 December 2012
dos and don'ts in breastfeeding
The American Academy of Pediatrics has been urging mothers to
breastfeed their baby for a minimum of 6 months, but there has been a
lot of press recently with woman complaining that 6 months is way too
difficult. Some say that they are feeling "pressured" to breastfeed and
consequently not enjoying the breastfeeding experience. Or they feel
"guilty" if they decide to stop breastfeeding before the sixth month
mark.
What is going on here? Isn’t breastfeeding a ‘normal’ response after
giving birth? Don’t babies want to feed and mothers want to feed...
Friday, 21 December 2012
Benefits of breast milk
Breast milk is documented to be the best food possible for
infants and breastfeeding is known to have enormous health benefits for moms,
too. It turns out; however, there are many benefits
of breast milk. Swedish researchers have found that it contains a compound
that kills cancer cells in humans.
The substance, dubbed HAMLET (which stands for Human Alpha-lactalbumin Made
LEthal to Tumor cells), is comprised of a protein and a fatty acid. Although
found naturally in breast milk, scientists are not sure if HAMLET develops
spontaneously or if it...
Thursday, 29 November 2012
Breastfeeding Tips
Motherhood is one of the above milestones in a woman's life. It marks a about-face of contest area your antecedence now becomes your children. As a mother, you charge accord your adolescent with an ambiance area he will be able to aerate his potential. Everything that your adolescent will become in the approaching will depend on how you affliction for him. Let us alpha with the basal charge of your adolescent - food.
Breastfeeding is one amid the finest things that you can accommodate to your child. Breast milk contains nutrients and antibodies. It...
Monday, 11 June 2012
How to Increase Breast Milk Flow
Breastfeeding
has many advantages for both mother and baby. It is the most natural, perfect
food for a newborn baby. Breast milk is loaded with antibodies and nutrients
that are essential for the immune system, and for proper growth and
development. The mother will also find advantages to breastfeeding, such as
quicker weight loss, reduced risk of cancer, and quicker shrinking of the
uterus back to its normal size. Here are some tips on ensuring that you have a
proper amount of human breast milk.
Feed
Often
The more
often you breastfeed your baby, the...
Tuesday, 29 May 2012
Why Breast Milk is Better For Your Baby Than Formula
Let us review a little about formula milk for your baby. Already a final conclusion on the whole world that the breast milk is the best option for babies. However, there are some cases where the mother cannot breastfeed the baby, so the formula is also needed. Among them is if the mother has AIDS. HIV Positive Women are NOT allowed to breastfeed her baby.
Some specific diseases such as herpes, hepatitis, and beta-streptococcal infections can also be transferred through breast milk. But NOT always a mother who suffered from these diseases should not...
Thursday, 24 May 2012
Health Benefits for Baby
Not only does breastfeeding ward off infection, it
offers a host of other advantages to your developing child.
Jaw and Teeth Development
Babies who nurse have to work harder than bottle-fed babies to draw liquid into
their mouths. This strengthens their jaw muscles, helps shape their pallet, and
promotes better tooth alignment.
Improved Eyesight and Hand/Eye Coordination
Breastfeeding requires infants to use their hands and eyes to negotiate the
distance between their mouth and mother's nipple. This...
Friday, 18 May 2012
Breast Feeding Tips
Feeling beat aggravating to breastfeed? You're not alone. Review
our tips for success. The aboriginal few weeks of breast feeding problems can
be actual arduous for a new mom. Here are a few tips to advice you succeed:
Choose a adequate abode to nurse. Sit back, blow your arch and
neck, and use a bottom blow to enhance your comfort. Abundance is key aback you
will be in this position for some time.
Have a bottle of baptize accessible and any added account that you
may charge during this time such as a snack,...
Wednesday, 25 April 2012
Importance of Breast Feeding
Years ago,
perhaps when you were a child, breastfeeding was not very popular.
Breastfeeding was not encouraged as it is in today’s society. Doctors didn’t
fully grasp how important and beneficial it is for a newborn baby. Because of
this, and a few other reasons, there were many new mothers that went directly
to feeding with the bottle; most often new mothers didn’t even try to
breastfeed their new baby.
Breastfeeding
helps protect and nurture your baby in innumerable ways. There have been many
studies in...
Sunday, 22 April 2012
Breastfeeding Benefits Both Mother and Child
The greatest
allowance to parents is their child. When a adolescent is born, anybody tries
to do his or her best for the child. One actual simple affair that a mother can
do to accomplish her adolescent blessed and advantageous is to breast-feed the
baby. Breast-feeding has a cardinal of allowances for both the adolescent as
able-bodied as the mother. It ensures a bigger bloom for both and helps in
developing a admirable band amid them. Lets us apprentice in detail why
breastfeeding is so important.
Breastfeeding
allowances...
Friday, 20 April 2012
Tips For Breast Feeding Mothers
For abounding mothers, it is a admirable
affair for them to be able to breastfeed their children, however, sometimes
this is not consistently accessible due to bloom acumen and sometimes it is by
choice.
Nevertheless, if you are addition who accept
fabricated the best of nursing your adolescent and you are able to do so,
throughout this time, the afterward suggestions may be helpful.
Relax
If you are a new mother, it is barefaced if
you are a bit abashed at aboriginal and this may absolutely be the case if, you
are accomplishing do in the present...
Tuesday, 17 April 2012
Is Your Baby Getting Enough Breast Milk?
When you're
breastfeeding it can be actual difficult to acquaint how abundant your babyish
is drinking. And as a new mum it's alone accustomed to anguish about if your
babyish is accepting abundant breast milk. So I anticipation it would be accessible
to attending at some of the issues that accomplish abounding mums anticipate
they don't accept abundant milk and explain what ability absolutely be activity
on.
Reduced
Breast Size
A few weeks into breastfeeding and afresh afterward 5-6 months you may
acquisition that...
Increase Breast Milk Flow
Breastfeeding
has abounding advantages for both mother and baby. It is the best natural,
absolute aliment for a barn baby. Breast milk is loaded with antibodies and
nutrients that are capital for the allowed system, and for able advance and
development. The mother’s milk
additionally acquisition advantages to breastfeeding, such as quicker weight
loss, bargain accident of cancer, and quicker shrinking of the uterus aback to
its accustomed size.
Feed Often
The added about you
breastfeed your baby, the added...
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