Showing posts with label breast cancer. Show all posts
Showing posts with label breast cancer. Show all posts

Monday, May 21, 2012

The Benefits of Breastfeeding

I want to cover just some of the benefits of breastfeeding. There are a lot more then I'm going to mention. Sometimes, even with breastfeeding, genetics wins. My mom breastfed me, we had dogs when I was young, and I'm still the Queen of Allergies.

Benefits:
  • The bonding time between Mom and Baby is truly amazing!
  • It helps reduce Mom from getting breast cancer.
  • It helps reduce allergies, asthma and other respiratory illnesses for Baby.
  • It helps reduce ear infections for Baby.
  • It helps Baby with brain development.
Moms:

Please remember to do regular breast exams. I just went to a funeral this morning for a 23 year old that passed away from breast cancer. She wasn't even able to breastfeed. Sometimes genetics and rare sicknesses win. Her dream was to have children. Her life was short. In her honor I'm putting up a video to help spread the word.