03/08/2022
Meanwhile, the world is celebrating World Breastfeeding Week. 🤱🏽👩🏾🍼
We are here to tell you what are the pros and cons of breastfeeding.
Here are some of the reasons to breastfeed:
✅ Natural ingredients found in breast milk protect a baby from illness, since it provides additional immunity to a baby from its mom.
✅ Breastfeeding is healthy for a baby and it is healthy for a woman. Breastfeeding helps to recover from a childbirth faster. Moreover, it may also decrease chances of developing rheumatoid arthritis, diabetes, hypertension, and cardiovascular disease.
✅ Breastfeeding is a natural process and a baby is feeling safe. It is how a scared, injured, or sick child can be comforted by breastfeeding.
✅ Since it is natural and authentic food - it is easy to digest for a baby, unlike baby formula nutrition.
✅ Breastfeeding is economical. Unlike formulas, bottles, supplies, breastfeeding is cheaper.
✅ Breastfeeding is convenient, since it is naturally “ready to consume”, no need to heat, prepare, or clean up.
✅ Breastfeeding delays the period and thus serves as natural birth control. Normally the period comes back one month after a woman stopped breastfeed.
✅ Breastfeeding helps to feel good, since during lactation, hormone oxytocin is being released. This hormone stands for relaxation
Disadvantages of Breastfeeding
☑️ Breastfeeding can be painful. Moreover, it might cause things like mastitis, breast engorgement , plugged milk ducts, and sore ni***es.
☑️ Breastfeeding might cause discomfort, especially in public.
☑️ Less freedom for a breastfeeding woman, unless the milk is pumped.
☑️ Breastfeeding can be difficult and stressful in the beginning
☑️ Breastfeeding requires following a diet, excluding alcohol, caffeine and some other products that might cause allergy.
To breastfeed or not can be decided only by the parents and a woman itself.
Although, bear in mind, that breastfeeding is not the exclusive option. It could be a combination of formula feeding and breastfeeding.
Book a consultation with a pediatrician to ask for advice regarding child health. 👨🏻⚕️👩🏾⚕️