Breastfeeding Overview
Making the decision to breastfeed is a personal matter. It's
also one that's likely to draw strong opinions from friends and family.
Many medical authorities, including the American Academy of
Pediatrics (AAP) and the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists,
strongly recommend breastfeeding. But you and your baby are unique, and the
decision is up to you. This overview of breastfeeding can help you decide.
23 years being breastfed
What Are the Benefits of Breastfeeding for Your Baby?
Breast milk provides the ideal nutrition for infants. It has
a nearly perfect mix of vitamins, protein, and fat -- everything your baby
needs to grow. And it's all provided in a form more easily digested than infant
formula. Breast milk contains antibodies that help your baby fight off viruses
and bacteria. Breastfeeding lowers your baby's risk of having asthma or
allergies. Plus, babies who are breastfed exclusively for the first 6 months,
without any formula, have fewer ear infections, respiratory illnesses, and
bouts of diarrhea. They also have fewer hospitalizations and trips to the
doctor.
Breastfeeding has been linked to higher IQ scores in later
childhood in some studies. What's more, the physical closeness, skin-to-skin
touching, and eye contact all help your baby bond with you and feel secure.
Breastfed infants are more likely to gain the right amount of weight as they
grow rather than become overweight children. The AAP says breastfeeding also
plays a role in the prevention of SIDS (sudden infant death syndrome). It's
been thought to lower the risk of diabetes, obesity, and certain cancers as
well, but more research is needed.
Are There Breastfeeding Benefits for the Mother?
Breastfeeding burns extra calories, so it can help you lose
pregnancy weight faster. It releases the hormone oxytocin, which helps your
uterus return to its pre-pregnancy size and may reduce uterine bleeding after
birth. Breastfeeding also lowers your risk of breast and ovarian cancer. It may
lower your risk of osteoporosis, too.
Since you don't have to buy and measure formula, sterilize
nipples, or warm bottles, it saves you time and money. It also gives you
regular time to relax quietly with your new-born as you bond.
Adult breast feeding
Effect of breast feeding grown up Children
Strange mothering habits are
guaranteed to provoke quite annoying reaction from people as breastfeeding
beyond babyhood is alien to humanity anywhere in the world. But here comes a
mother who is addicted to breastfeeding her son for over 22 years
It's obviously about her own needs,
not her child's," it is believed that when an older boy suck through the nipple
of a woman, more predictably, it has the potentiality of leading into sex.
"She probably gets turned on by it." Imagine me coming home from
school and saying, 'OK, Mum, can I suck from your bosoms now?' It's
weird."
What could probably be running
through the woman’s mind?