Sunday, February 25, 2007

Benefits To Both

Studies are being done currently on the psychological benefits of breast feeding for both mother and baby. Breast feeding demands that a baby be held close and warm while being fed, and the distance from a mother’s face to the nursing baby’s eyes is the exact distance they can see at birth.

Nursing provides a crucial opportunity for mother and baby to bond. The mother who may suffer some baby blues must put aside her feelings in order to feed her baby, which is a fundamental instinct for most mothers, no matter how depressed they are. This helps to deter the onset of postpartum depression for a lot of mothers. Babies are comforted by their mother’s presence, and the mother is encouraged in her ability to care for her new baby.

Monday, February 19, 2007

What Best for The Mother

When considering the benefits of breast feeding to the mother, it is important to consider the benefit of rest after birth. Many mothers find it difficult to take the time they need to reset and recuperate after the exhausting job of birthing a baby, but nursing forces the mother to at least sit down for a few moments and spend time with her new baby. Some mothers resent this, as it cuts into their very busy schedules, but this time of rest is necessary to allow the body to heal after labor. Nursing forces mothers to take the time to rest.

Breast feeding totes the benefit of being a very natural form of birth control. Of course, nursing is not a 100 percent effective form of birth control, but nursing moms are very unlikely to ovulate, making it much more difficult for a nursing mom to get pregnant too soon after delivery. Those who do not want to get pregnant should ensure that they don’t by using an alternative form of birth control, and there are many hormonal birth control options that are safe for nursing moms and babies.

Monday, February 12, 2007

More Benefit For Mother

Another benefit of breast feeding is that the mother has an easier time losing the pregnancy weight. Mothers who are lactating burn more calories than those who are not. Also, breast feeding is a benefit to the mother in encouraging the uterus to contract, eventually returning to its pre-pregnancy size.

Saturday, February 10, 2007

Benefit To The Mother

The benefits of breast feeding apply not only the nursing baby, but also the nursing mother. First, mothers have much less to spend their time on when breast feeding. They do not have to sterilize and mix bottles for the baby. They do not have to spend money on expensive baby formula, which is a financial benefit.

Thursday, February 8, 2007

Benefits Of Breast Feeding For The Whole Family

The benefits of breast feeding to babies whose mothers are able to nurse them are numerous. Babies receive essential nutrients as well as antibodies that have not been successfully reproduced in any formula from their mother’s breast milk. Babies also have the correct jaw development through the process of breast feeding, which benefits them throughout life.

Wednesday, January 17, 2007

Proper Development

Babies who suckle from the breast are developing correct alignment of their jawbones and muscles. The breast exercises more muscles than drinking from a bottle. Also, breast feeding babies are not exposed to the germs that will form in bottles, if they are fed at the breast. The breast is always ready, at the perfect temperature, and always sterile! Breast feeding is truly the perfect form of feeding for any infant. While it is not always easy at first, the benefits far outweigh any momentary disadvantage to the mother. As society becomes more and more accepting of breastfeeding as the best way to feed babies, more and more mothers will be doing it. After all, we all want to give our babies the best possible start in life! The health benefits of breast feeding babies go far into their adult lives.

Nutrients And Antibodies

What makes breast feeding perfect for baby? Well, human breast milk contains the exact number of fatty acids that the baby needs, as well as the proper balance of water and amino acids. When the weather is warm, the women’s body responds by adding more water to the breast milk, making sure that baby does not become dehydrated. The colostrums that is in the beginning milk of a mother’s supply is full of antibodies that the baby’s intestines and immune system need to begin the important processes they perform in the body. Breast feeding a baby provides them with important antibodies. In fact, over 80 percent of breast milk cells are cells that work to kill bacteria, viruses, and fungi. This is why breast feeding babies are much healthier, for the most part, then their formula-fed counterparts. Specific diseases that breast milk protects from include pneumonia, ear infections, botulism, staphylococcal, influenza, and measles. Also, the mother’s body will respond to bacteria in the baby’s saliva, thus protecting the breast feeding baby from the germs they are actually fighting!

Breast Feeding Your Baby Gives The best Start!

If you talk to a new parent, they are going to tell you that the only thing in the world they want is the best possible life for their new baby. Recently, breast feeding babies has come under the light of the media, as a strict advertising campaign encouraging women to breast-feed their babies caught national attention.

Breast Feeding Is Natural!

For a baby, breast feeding is the best possible source of nutrition. Breast feeding babies for at least six months protects them against a multitude of harmful diseases. If you look at nature, there is nothing more natural than breast feeding a baby. In fact, all species of mammal, except humans, nurse their babies without exception. It is only the human race that thinks an alternative is acceptable!

Wednesday, January 10, 2007

advantages of breast feeding

Advantages For The Mother
There are many advantages of breast feeding for the mother as well. Women who nurse their babies have an easier time loosing the weight they gain during pregnancy. Also, nursing mothers have reduced risk to certain forms of cancer, including breast and ovarian cancer. Mothers who nurse their babies save themselves a lot of time spent fixing and cleaning bottles, which is a huge advantage of breast feeding! In times of distress, when water and formula are less available, nursing moms do not have to worry about what they are going to feed their babies.

Advantages To Employers
Believe it or not, employers of nursing moms find that there are many advantages of breast feeding. If employers allow their moms to pump at work, they will find that the mom will need to take off less time to take their baby to the doctor, as the baby will most likely be healthier. Not only that, but they will also most likely find that their moms are more efficient on the job because they are not feeling guilty about not being able to breast-feed their babies.

Advantages For The Environment
Finally, breast feeding holds many advantages for the environment. There is no waste associated with the production of breast-milk. There is no packaging necessary to deliver breast milk to the infant, which saves space in our landfills. All in all, breast feeding holds advantages for everyone on the planet!

Advantages Of Breast Feeding: Everyone Benefits

There are many studies that have shown the advantages of breast feeding, not only for the baby, but also for the mother. There is no doubt that breast feeding carries many advantages. Many mothers find that they truly enjoy the process of breast feeding their babies, especially when they realize that their baby will be happier and healthier as a result of breast feeding!

Advantages For Baby
There are many advantages of breast feeding for the baby who is nursed. The baby is going to be healthier, as the breast milk provides all of the antibodies that the baby needs to help fight the infections that their tiny body is susceptible to. Not only that, but breast milk is also perfectly formulated nutritionally for the baby’s needs. Breast fed babies are less likely to be obese as adults, because they learn from infancy what their bodies need to be full and healthy.
Another health advantage of breast feeding for the baby is that the mother’s body actually responds to bacteria and viruses that it detects in the baby’s saliva. The body will then put the necessary antibodies in the milk to protect the baby. There is no formula that can duplicate this process!

Friday, January 5, 2007

Adult Breast Feeding And Orgasm

Many women express great pleasure when their partner suckles their breasts – particularly play with their nipples. The fact that their partner is “fed” with their milk sometimes becomes very exciting for both the sexual partners. Many women agree that they orgasm very easily following adult breast feeding their partners. Once they find they enjoy it so much, women themselves encourage the men’s dependency on this habit.

This habit is indeed not, in any way harmful, unless it is forced upon a girl (minor or major) or woman against their will. Hence, adult breast feeding can be treated as an abnormal sexual deviation triggered by some time of past stress or too much closeness to mother.
This type of sexual act brings about feelings of deep intimacy and contentment. What could be termed as the most sacred thing for mother and infant is here transferred to sexual fulfillment. This is fine, as long as pursuing pleasure on higher planes will not go against the well being of either man or woman involved in the exercise.

Adult Breast Feeding – Unusual But Quite Common

I was asked once by a friend about what I know about adult breast feeding – and I was caught unawares. I thought to myself, ‘I have read about a lot of things in my 40 years of life – how come I have never really heard about adult breast feeding’? My curiosity taking the lead, I looked around and found a number of interesting facts about adult breast feeding, which I would like to share with you through this article.
Is Adult Breast Feeding A Sexual Perversion?
On checking out on the Net, the first results pointed at adult breast feeding being a sexual fetish or perversion called “paraphillia or pleasure derived from lactation”. This is in no way harmful to either of the consenting sexual partners; hence there is nothing to really worry on this matter.

It seems that adult breast feeding can stem in women from the fact that the breasts get engorged with milk and women do derive pleasure from the suckling of the infant, though this pleasure is not sexual. The same pleasure turns sexual when the partner expresses pleasure and contentment in suckling lactating breasts. I have read that in some instances, the woman provided “milk at breakfast” for her man for 12 long years without any break, literally feeding a full grown adult with breast milk.