Benefits of breast milk for babies and mothers
Here are some of the benefits Breast milk for the child and you.
For the love one, breast milk has many benefits. Among them:
• It is the most perfect nutrition because the composition of nutritional substances is complete and balanced.
• Contains immune substances that help increase body resistance. Breastfeeding will save your baby’s life from the dangers of diarrhea and acute respiratory infections, you know!
• Breast milk is sterile.
• Available all the time, so it is very practical and economical.
• Breastfeeding will strengthen the emotional bond between the child and you, so that it has a very positive impact on their psychological development.
• Research has also shown that babies who are breastfed are generally at less risk of obesity (currently, the whole world is very concerned about the high rate of obesity in children; especially obesity is associated with various forms of disease at an earlier age).
Meanwhile, the benefits of breast milk for yourself are:
• Gives inner satisfaction, calm, and emotional happiness.
• Speed up uterine contractions, so that in a short time the uterus returns to its normal size. Like when you weren’t pregnant, you know! This results in a reduced risk of uterine bleeding during the puerperium.
• Minimizes risk breast cancer.
