In the case of mothers who have overcome a childhood cancer may be more defenses to breastfeed. In this regard, researchers at St. Jude Children’s Research Memphis, United States, found that breastfeeding has the potential to positively influence bone density in the risk factors of metabolic syndrome, cardiovascular disease and secondary tumors.
Other benefits that get women to breastfeed are:
- Strengthen the bond with your child
- Lose weight more easily.
- Be less likely to have menstrual periods during the time they are breastfeeding.
- Stimulate contraction of the uterus and help you return quickly to its normal size, because the nurse was releases a hormone called oxytocin that causes this effect.
- Reduce the risk of developing breast cancer (breast), some ovarian cancers and osteoporosis.
- Save time and money on food, milk preparation and cleaning and preparing bottles for the baby. (Breast milk is always available and the correct temperature).
The decision to give your baby breast milk is yours. In general, unless there are some health problems as infection with HIV (Human Immunodeficiency Virus), herpes, tuberculosis or other complications, it is recommended that women give them feed their children, and breast milk is the ideal food for the first year of life and the fact of receiving it, even for a short time, it provides significant benefits to the baby for growth and its immediate and future development.
Breast milk is the best source of nutrition during the first 6 months of life because it contains the proper amounts of carbohydrates (sugars), protein and fat, and provides digestive proteins, minerals, vitamins and hormones that infants need . It also contains antibodies that the mother passes that can help your baby avoid contracting various serious infections in which he or she is ready to form their own antibodies.
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