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Breastfeeding Information
Breastfeeding Advice |
BREASTFEEDING/BREAST PUMP
FACTS AND BENEFITS
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Health Benefits to Babies who Breastfeed:
Children receive the most complete and optimal mix of nutrients and antibodies when
mothers breastfeed.
The varying composition of
breast
milk
keeps pace with the infant's individual growth and changing nutritional needs
when a mother breastfeeds.
Protection against diarrhea, gastroenteritis and other stomach upsets.
Reduced risk of childhood diabetes.
Protection against ear infections, respiratory illnesses, allergies and asthma.
Reduced risk of SIDS (sudden infant death syndrome).
Protection against meningitis, childhood lymphoma, Crohn's disease and ulcerative entercolitis.
Reduced incidence and severity of allergic disease.
Breastfed infants develop higher IQs, and have improved brain and nervous system development.
Reduced risk of heart disease later in life.
Increased bone density.
Breastfeeding plays an important role in the emotional development of babies.
Breastfed babies enjoy a special warm bonding and emotional relationship with their mothers.
HEALTH BENEFITS TO MOMS WHO
BREASTFEED:
Reduced risk of breast, ovarian and eudiometrical cancers.
Reduced risk of anemia.
Protection against osteoporosis and hip fracture later in life
Reduced risk of mortality for women with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) has been associated with total time of lactation.
Helps return the mother's body to its pre-pregnancy state faster-promotes weight loss.
Helps delay return fertility and to space subsequent pregnancies.
Develops a special emotional relationship and bonding with her child.
Breast milk is FREE - reducing or eliminating the cost of formula (in the thousands of dollars/per year)
Breastfed babies are sick less thus reducing healthcare costs to family and requiring less time off work.
BENEFITS TO THE ENVIRONMENT AND SOCIETY:
Breastfeeding reduces the cost of healthcare by promoting healthier children and mothers.
Reduced insurance premiums for both parents and employers.
Breastfeeding reduces global pollution by decreasing the use of resources and energy required to produce, process, package, distribute, promote and
depose of materials created by the manufacture and use of artificial baby milk.
Reduced cost of "cleanup" of pollution/waste generated by artificial baby milk.
Reduced tax burden on communities and government to ensure children are
properly fed.
Reduced absenteeism in the workplace due to children's illnesses.
Breastfeeding
Benefits to ensure that employers cannot discriminate
against mothers who pump milk or breastfeed on the job.
Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney (D-NY) introduced the
Breastfeeding Promotion Act (H.R. 2790). The Bill also
proposes to offer employers tax incentives to support
breastfeeding in the workplace.
To
support this bill, e -mail your representative at www.house.gov/writerep
or senator www.senate.gov.
WORKING TOGETHER TO
PROMOTE BREASTFEEDING...
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