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Benefits of Breastfeeding
Benefits of Breastfeeding
Discover the benefits of breastfeeding for you and your baby. Explore the information below to learn why breast milk is the optimal nutrition option, along with other advantages of breastfeeding that you may have never heard about!
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Benefits of Breastfeeding for Moms and Babies:
There are numerous and significant breastfeeding advantages for you and your little one:
Breast milk naturally adapts to match the changing nutritional needs of your baby as they grow.
Breast milk delivers important antibodies to your baby, to help prevent against illnesses, allergies, and infections (ear, chest and stomach).
Breastfeeding provides an ideal opportunity to bond with your baby.
Breastfeeding can help with postpartum recovery.
It produces the hormone oxytocin that helps your uterus contact after delivery and return to its normal size.
It helps reduce the amount of vaginal bleeding.
It may make it easier to lose the weight you gained during pregnancy.
You may possibly have a lower risk of breast cancer, ovarian cancer, and diabetes later in life.
Breast milk is convenient, fresh, and always at the right temperature .
Breast milk is an environmentally friendly feeding choice.
Learn more about the benefits of breastfeeding with this article about Vitamin D and breast milk
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