The human body is something supernatural. A woman's body is capable of incredible miracles. Take at least those changes that occur in the female body during pregnancy, and after childbirth. Here are just 16 of them related to breastfeeding. Spoiler - half of these facts for us was a real discovery. Mother's milk has a unique smell that children can recognize. The baby will never confuse mother's milk with someone else. No, they do not care. Breast milk contains substances that have an analgesic effect. If your chest is sore from feeding, try massaging some milk into sore spots. A simple procedure is quite capable of bringing some relief. Infants who are breastfed die less often from Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (ADHD).
Photo: GettyImages4. Breastfeeding can save a family more than 20 thousand rubles a year only on feeding mixtures.5. Mothers who breastfeed are less at risk for osteoporosis, breast and ovarian cancer. In addition, they are less likely to develop heart disease. It is possible to breastfeed if you suddenly caught a cold or caught ARVI. We become carriers of the virus before the first symptoms appear. So, by that time we had already “introduced” the child to the infection. Moreover, it is even good for him! The fact is that the mother's body "analyzes" the baby's saliva and begins to produce the antibodies that he needs to cope with the disease. And thus "pumps" his immunity. The amount of milk that the female body produces has nothing to do with what size her breasts were before pregnancy. By the way, there is such a syndrome as hyperlactation - when the body produces milk much more than the child needs. For example, the American Elizabeth Anderson-Sierra, suffering from this syndrome, donated 2,500 liters of “excess” breast milk to other children for three years.8. Mothers who breastfeed return to the prenatal form a little faster than non-breastfeeding. In addition, the hormones that are synthesized in the process of feeding, help the uterus to quickly shrink to the "pregenerate" size.9. Breast-feeding during the day burns the same amount of calories as a ten-kilometer walk.
Photo: GettyImages10. Infants who are fed breast milk are less likely to get sick, and it’s not just cold and respiratory infections. Babies are less likely to have ear infections and stomach problems, and in the future the risk of getting asthma or diabetes is much lower. In addition, naturalistic babies are less likely to suffer from childhood obesity. Together with the taste of milk, children feel a slight taste of food that mom ate. Therefore, it is easier to introduce lactation to breastfed babies than to the "artificiality." 12. Breast milk can be bought. On the Internet, it is offered at 300 rubles per 100 milliliters. Just liquid gold. Skin to skin contact in the first hours of a baby’s life helps to establish breastfeeding. In addition, such a contact arouses the necessary reflexes of the child, including sucking. And the mother's body helps the child to maintain the desired temperature, cooling or heating, depending on what the baby needs right now. Almost 75 percent of moms are right-handed. That is, the right breast produces more milk than the left. Therefore, after the cessation of feeding, the right breast often remains larger than the left one. Never need to dilute breast milk. Its consistency itself changes depending on the needs of the child. There is no need to interfere with this process of natural regulation. Some believe that milk is excreted from only one hole in the nipple. In fact, for all women, the number of holes is different. Read on:
