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Breastfeeding: The First
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Breastfeeding Benefits
Breastfeeding has many advantages to both infant and mother, particularly if done exclusively, without supplementation of formula.
What’s in it for Mom?
- Reduced risk of breast and ovarian cancer
- Uterus returns to its normal pre-pregnancy size more quickly
- Decreased postpartum bleeding
What’s in it for Baby?
- Breast milk is the best source of nutrition for infant growth, health, and development.
- Decreased risk of:
- Severe Lower Respiratory Tract Infections
- Diarrheal Illnesses
- Ear Infections
- Eczema
- Asthma
- Type I Diabetes
- Type II Diabetes
- Obesity
- Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS)
- Childhood Leukemia (ALL, AML)
What’s in it for Your Family
- Increased time for attention to siblings and other family matters as a result of fewer infant illnesses
- You’ll spend less money on food! The cost of purchasing extra food for a breastfeeding mother is less than half the cost of purchasing infant formula.
- You’ll spend less time preparing food for your baby. Breast milk requires no preparation and is always the perfect temperature!
What’s in it for Employers?
- Decreased parental employee absenteeism and associated loss of family income
- Reduction in sick time taken by both moms and dads for children’s illnesses
- More satisfied, loyal employees & cost savings to the business
- Retention of experienced employees; lower turnover rates
- Lower healthcare & insurance costs
- Potential for decreased annual health care costs of $3.6 billion in U.S.
- Not to mention all of the health benefits that will continue to be made possible with breastfeeding in the workplace!
What’s in it for Society?
- Potential for decreased annual health care costs of $3.6 billion in U.S.
- Decreased costs for public health programs such as the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC)
- Decreased parental employee absenteeism and associated loss of family income
- Decreased environmental burden for disposal of formula cans and bottles
- Decreased energy demands for production and transport of artificial feeding products
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