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Breastfeeding: Mom’s Way of Ensuring Proper Feeding
Breastfeeding is nature’s way of ensuring babies get the proper kind and amount of nutrients for their growth through the first several months of life. On the other hand, new mothers have a range of interest in performing this vital function. On the one end of spectrum you have mothers who want to breastfeed until the “baby” is three years old (I am being conservative here, I have read about those who breastfeed until the child is 5!) and others who are bothered by the inconvenience and want it over as soon as possible.
While I have an interest in this, I am a male and a doctor and breastfeeding is a personal decision for every new mother.
A baby is a unique person and his tie to his mother is through many things, including breastfeeding. Each day of breastfeeding and even time of day makes the breast milk different so the first milk “expressed” (the medical word for milk release from the breast) is different than 3 months along, and different AM or PM.
As a doctor, I strongly suggest that a new mother breastfeed her baby.
Breastfeeding benefits everyone, not just infants, who gain immune strength and protection from everything from diarrhea to type 2 diabetes and asthma. If all new moms breastfed for the first year, it could help women avoid 5,000 cases of breast cancer, 54,000 cases of hypertension and 14,000 heart attacks annually. And health care savings? A whopping $860 million a year, according to a study in Obstetrics & Gynecology.
So, my recommendations are:
1. When possible, extend breastfeeding from six to 12 months (or more). Nursing in the morning and before bedtime may help accommodate introduction of solid food and your work schedule.
2. Acknowledge that some people find viewing your bare breast embarrassing; it shouldn’t be a hardship for you to cover up a bit.
3. To make breastfeeding as healthful as possible for you and your child, eat 5-9 servings of vegetables and fruit daily, only 100 percent whole grains and skinless poultry and fish (we love salmon and ocean trout). Skip red meat, added sugars and syrups, and all trans fats. Plus, take an omega-3 DHA algal oil supplement — 900 mg a day.
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