Breastfeeding v. Formula Feeding
Mothers have been breastfeeding their children for hundreds of years. In these times bottle feeding is being looked at as a more convenient and easier way to feed the baby. Bottle Feeding is neglecting a child of the important vitamins and nutrients it takes to thrive in the world. Breastfeeding is the best natural choice for mothers to do for their babies. They need to proteins in the milk that helps them form a defense against the diseases that plague this earth. Breastfeeding helps women deal with their child and create a bond that only mother and child who breastfed will know. Breastfeeding is superior to formula feeding because it benefits the child and mother both physically and mentally.
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Since breast milk is easier on the stomach it causes less digestive problems for the baby. In the children who do breastfeed their children there is less of a risk for SIDS, or Sudden Infant Death Syndrome, which is a syndrome in which seemingly healthy babies die of unknown causes. Babies who breastfeed have a less likely chance to be hospitalized with infections and disease than that of a bottle fed babies. In third world countries where infections run rampant, breastfeeding can be the deciding factor of whether an infant lives or dies. In developing countries formula-fed child baby is 14 times more likely to die than that of an exclusively breastfed baby. Respiratory Tract Infection and diarrhoea are some of the leading causes of infant deaths in all developing and developed countries. Infants who were not exclusively breastfed were left with a higher risk of these infections by up to fifty-three percent. Breastfeeding starts a platform of good health for babies and their future. Exclusively breastfed adults have a less likely risk of having high blood pressure which is a direct factor in heart complications. Children who were breast fed showed a decreased rate in diabetes and obesity in adulthood …show more content…
Women who exclusively breastfeed have a lack in periods when they are breastfeeding. A women’s iron is used to make the milk supply to feed their baby and it is less than the amount of menstruation. In breastfeeding mothers their is less of a chance to have iron-deficiency anemia, which is the lack of iron, than bottlefeeding mothers. There is a prevention of 98% when you breastfeed as a contraceptive. Formula feeding has a high rate of a period starting within the first six week of pregnancy. There is a prevention of ninety-eight percent when you breastfeed as a contraceptive. Women who breastfeed have strong bones after breastfeeding and they have a decreased chance of osteoporosis in their future. Studies have even confirmed that women who did not breastfeed have a higher risk of hip fractures after menopause. Women are affected mentally by pregnancy and breastfeeding. Up to twenty percent of new mothers will be diagnosed with postpartum depression. Even with postpartum depression women still cope with it through breastfeeding. Some doctors suggest letting the breast dry up and strictly formula feed, but this breaks women’s hearts that they can not give the care they need to their children. Even in depressed breastfeeding mothers they still showed physical affection towards their babies, unlike non-breastfeeding mothers. Breastfeeding mothers responded to the cues of the baby,
Mothers have been breastfeeding their children for hundreds of years. In these times bottle feeding is being looked at as a more convenient and easier way to feed the baby. Bottle Feeding is neglecting a child of the important vitamins and nutrients it takes to thrive in the world. Breastfeeding is the best natural choice for mothers to do for their babies. They need to proteins in the milk that helps them form a defense against the diseases that plague this earth. Breastfeeding helps women deal with their child and create a bond that only mother and child who breastfed will know. Breastfeeding is superior to formula feeding because it benefits the child and mother both physically and mentally.
In the …show more content…
Since breast milk is easier on the stomach it causes less digestive problems for the baby. In the children who do breastfeed their children there is less of a risk for SIDS, or Sudden Infant Death Syndrome, which is a syndrome in which seemingly healthy babies die of unknown causes. Babies who breastfeed have a less likely chance to be hospitalized with infections and disease than that of a bottle fed babies. In third world countries where infections run rampant, breastfeeding can be the deciding factor of whether an infant lives or dies. In developing countries formula-fed child baby is 14 times more likely to die than that of an exclusively breastfed baby. Respiratory Tract Infection and diarrhoea are some of the leading causes of infant deaths in all developing and developed countries. Infants who were not exclusively breastfed were left with a higher risk of these infections by up to fifty-three percent. Breastfeeding starts a platform of good health for babies and their future. Exclusively breastfed adults have a less likely risk of having high blood pressure which is a direct factor in heart complications. Children who were breast fed showed a decreased rate in diabetes and obesity in adulthood …show more content…
Women who exclusively breastfeed have a lack in periods when they are breastfeeding. A women’s iron is used to make the milk supply to feed their baby and it is less than the amount of menstruation. In breastfeeding mothers their is less of a chance to have iron-deficiency anemia, which is the lack of iron, than bottlefeeding mothers. There is a prevention of 98% when you breastfeed as a contraceptive. Formula feeding has a high rate of a period starting within the first six week of pregnancy. There is a prevention of ninety-eight percent when you breastfeed as a contraceptive. Women who breastfeed have strong bones after breastfeeding and they have a decreased chance of osteoporosis in their future. Studies have even confirmed that women who did not breastfeed have a higher risk of hip fractures after menopause. Women are affected mentally by pregnancy and breastfeeding. Up to twenty percent of new mothers will be diagnosed with postpartum depression. Even with postpartum depression women still cope with it through breastfeeding. Some doctors suggest letting the breast dry up and strictly formula feed, but this breaks women’s hearts that they can not give the care they need to their children. Even in depressed breastfeeding mothers they still showed physical affection towards their babies, unlike non-breastfeeding mothers. Breastfeeding mothers responded to the cues of the baby,