Breastfeeding comes naturally when you become a mother and it’s an amazing experience. To be able to produce more milk and to satisfy the hunger of your baby please make sure you should increase your fluids intake. If you stay hydrated more milk will be produced and it will help you feel energetic the whole day too.
Now, let’s discuss the benefits of breastfeeding. First of all your breast milk is the best possible food for your baby and will give her the best start in life. It provides the required nutrition as well as immunity for your baby.
Breastfeeding helps you lose weight too:
Besides giving your baby nourishment and helping to keep your baby from becoming sick, breastfeeding may help you lose weight. Many women who breastfed their babies said it helped them get back to their pre-pregnancy weight more quickly, but experts are still looking at the effects of breastfeeding on weight loss
Breastfeeding gives life to you and your baby:
- Right nutrients and right balance: Breast milk has the right proportions of proteins, carbohydrates, fats and other nutrients your baby needs to grow and develop.
- Easy to digest: Unlike proteins found in regular cow’s milk, the proteins in breast milk are naturally gentle and easy to digest.
- Builds tolerance power: it helps protect your baby against early food allergies, protein intolerance and sensitivity.
- Offers protection: it provides natural protective antibodies and other immune-related benefits; protects babies from infections and illnesses that include diarrhea, ear infections and pneumonia and Breastfeeding Breastfed babies are less likely to develop asthma.
- Easily Digest: it fosters a healthy environment in your baby’s digestive system.
- Creates bonding: It provides a perfect opportunity for bonding with your baby and and skin-to-skin contact
- Children who are breastfed for six months are less likely to become obese and also reduces the risk of sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS).
Benefits of breastfeeding for IVF Mothers:
Breastfeeding is equally important for mothers and IVF mothers (i.e who gave birth to a child using IVF technique) but can be challenging as well. Owing to medical complications, often babies can't consume the breast milk by themselves or the mother is unable to lactate naturally. IVF patients should request more support from the outset. That means additional assistance from lactation experts, midwives and your local doctor. Breastfeeding helps a mother's health and healing following childbirth.
- Breastfeeding leads to a lower risk of these health problems in mothers such as Type 2 diabetes, Certain types of breast cancer and ovarian cancer
- It stimulates the production of the hormone oxytocin, which causes your uterus to contract and return to its pre-pregnancy size.
- Mothers who breastfeed exclusively and frequently have less than 2% risk of becoming pregnant in the first six months of delivery, provided they still have amenorrhoea.
