think about breastfeeding their infants instead of using formula. Breastfeeding has been around longer than formula‚ however with changes in economy and lifestyles it took a backseat for a period of time. Mothers have a choice to breastfeed or bottle feed. Does breastfeeding education given by the nurse during prenatal visits impact a mother’s
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Why is Breastfeeding Important for your Baby? Breast milk is best for your baby‚ and the benefits of breastfeeding extend even beyond basic nutrition. Breast milk not only contains all the basic nutrients that your baby will need in the initial months but also it is packed with disease-fighting substances that protect your baby from illness. And this is the reason why Pediatrics recommends exclusive breastfeeding for the first six months. Although any amount of breast feeding is good but at-least
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(Voices for Americas Children‚ N.D) in this presentation I will discuss how beneficial breastfeeding is to a child. b. Thesis statement: Research suggests breastfeeding is a critical step in raising a healthy baby‚ because it develops a healthy immune system for the child‚ and it helps build bone structures. c. Main points: i. The immune system benefits from the breast milk. ii. Breastfeeding helps the development of bone structure in a baby. II. Infants are fragile and can catch
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Breastfeeding Module – HUG 2121 This essay will explore various factors within breastfeeding‚ it will focus on the long and short term health benefits of breastfeeding‚ for both the mother and baby it will also discuss the reasons why women chose not to breastfeed‚ especially within the western society. Contributory factors such as social‚ psychological‚ cultural and political all contribute to the reasons women chose to breastfeed or not. WHO (2011)‚ suggests that breast milk provides the
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The health benefits of breastfeeding are well established in the literature and also in history. Let’s face it babies have been breastfed since the beginning of time. Improved resistance to infectious illness: Breastfeeding provides the infant with many immunological benefits and protects against infectious diseases. The mother’s immune system is more mature than a baby’s over time the mother has had the opportunity to build resistance to many disease causing pathogens. This protection is passed
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Benefits of Breastfeeding The arrival of a newborn brings about a myriad of decisions. Cloth or store-bought diapers‚ co-sleeping or crib‚ and what parent gets what particular shift during the night are just a few. However‚ one of the most important and personal choices is how the little one will be receiving his or her required nourishment. The options are few until the baby can reach an age to consume and properly digest mass produced dairy products. This usually leaves mothers with a decision
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The advantages of breastfeeding for society are often overlooked or ignored. Breastfeeding is considered an important primary health care activity. An advantage of breastfeeding for society is that breastmilk is the optimal nutritional food for babies. We are the slowest growing of all mammals and are considered to almost be born prematurely in comparison to other mammals. If we look at a babys’ abilities at birth and compare them to other mammals‚ we are the most dependent for the longest time
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THE BENEFITS OF BREASTMILK AND BREASTFEEDING Breastmilk is much more than simply nutrition – it is a unique and complex fluid containing well over a hundred documented constituents. Many scientific papers examining its biochemical properties have been written and so many discoveries about its properties are constantly being made that it is difficult to keep up with them all. Breastmilk is considered to be a “living fluid”‚ for in addition to its nutrient content it contains antibacterial‚ antiviral
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release of hormones. Breastfeeding is starting to decline in today’s society because mothers don’t find use in it if parents care so much about their offspring when they grow up‚ it should begin from when their born. The perks of breastfeeding aren’t always in the first year. Many of the perks last a lifetime.
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Shaeyla Davis ENG 1102 Professor Braun 19 November‚ 2014 Breastfeeding Many of the long-term benefits attributed to breast-feeding may be an effect not of breast-feeding or breast milk itself but of the general good health and prosperity of women who choose to breast-feed. Faced with societal norms‚ legal uncertainties‚ and incorrect information‚ some women choose the option of not breastfeeding. Many women are not even aware that breastfeeding is a natural‚ mutually beneficial way to feed an infant
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