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.Breastfed babies get sick less often, and it's not just colds and acute respiratory viral infections. Babies have fewer ear infections and stomach problems, and the risk of developing asthma or diabetes in the future is much lower. In addition, natural babies are less likely to suffer from childhood obesity. 11. Along with the taste of milk, children feel a slight taste of the food that their mother ate. Therefore, it is easier to introduce complementary foods to breastfed babies than to formula-fed babies. 12. Breast milk can be bought. It is offered online for 300 rubles for 100 milliliters. Simply liquid gold. 13. Skin-to-skin contact in the first hours of a baby's life helps establish breastfeeding. In addition, such contact awakens the necessary reflexes of the baby, including sucking. And the mother's body helps the baby maintain the right temperature, cooling or heating up depending on what the baby needs right now. 14. Almost 75 percent of mothers are right-handed. That is, the right breast produces more milk than the left. Therefore, after weaning, the right breast often remains larger than the left. 15. Breast milk should never be diluted. Its consistency changes on its own depending on the baby's needs. There is no need to interfere with this natural regulation process. 16. Some people are sure that milk is released from only one hole in the nipple. In fact, all women have a different number of holes. Read more:
