Explanation Of The Benefits Of Breastfeeding

1. Of the benefits of breastfeeding reviewed in your text, which four do you think are the most important to the development of the child? Explain your reasoning for your choices. Include at least two benefits that are more clearly cognitive or psychosocial. In today 's world breastfeeding are very meaningful certain religions and cultures. Breastfeeding can be a difficult journey for both mom and baby, but according to the American Academy of Pediatrics, experts say there are several benefits why mothers should try harder to enforce breastfeed. Babies should be breastfed for at least the first six months. Breast milk contains antibodies that help babies fight off viruses and bacteria. Infants are designed to get food from their …show more content…
109-113) it tells about "Brain Development during Gestation". Babies that are breastfed had special improvement in things like language skills, visual perception, and motor control compare to those babies that were less breastfed. Breastfeeding is also a physical and psychological bond and interaction between the mom and her baby that nature develops of an infant 's cognitive abilities. Also, oxytocin hormone is the love and cuddle hormone that attaches to the mom and her baby to create an emotional attachment, in other words, it builds a special bond with the mom and her child, also the baby has a chance to be less colicky and sleep better. In addition to how important it is for a baby to breast, on the other hand, it is healthy for the mom too. Let 's take a look at how many young female are diagnosed with breast cancer. In different cultures, there is the different period of long-term breastfeeding continues. Those are the women that have a lower risk of breast cancer and lose their baby weight faster compared with others who do not breastfeed their babies Here is a good example, I am from a third world country (Guyana). In Guyana, almost 95% of the moms breastfed their babies and very seldom it was unheard of a woman diagnosed with breast cancer. As we all know breast cancer are classified by many types. Such as family history, diet, exercise and not breastfeeding in a theoretical aggressive form of breast cancer. According to researchers breast cancer is caused by estrogen build in the body. Breastfeeding suppresses gonadotropin hormones which decreased estrogen level and causes anovulation which then can lead to lactational amenorrhea. So the longer a woman breastfed the lesser risk of breast cancer. On the other hand breastfeeding lower the estrogen and it 's less risk of ovarian