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Dual Gains: Advantage Mother & Child

The repetitive suckling of the baby causes the release of Oxytocin from the mother's pituitary gland. This hormone apart from triggering the release of milk from the breasts causes contractions in the uterus, which offsets potential postpartum hemorrhage. Breast feeding also assists in the uterus regaining normal pre-pregnancy shape. For the entire duration of absolute breast feeding, sans any formula food, the menstrual period is delayed, which helps in natural spacing of pregnancies.

Not widely known is the fact that the very lactation process is a metabolic activity that uses up nearly 200 to 500 calories per day, akin to a heavy exercise work out. This benefits the mother in maintaining optimum weight by losing the excess fat gained during pregnancy. Also ovarian, uterine and breast cancers seem to occur more with women who did not breast feed.

Apart from the nutritive and protective benefits, there is an intangible blessing of breast milk. The branch of psycho-neuroimmunology has demonstrated the profound psychological factors that have a direct bearing on the immune system. The very act of nursing a child close to the bosom fosters the bonding between mother and child, enveloping the child in a unique warmth and security which exerts a positive psychological influence on the child, strengthening the immune system.

Breastfeeding comes with economic advantages as well. Certainly cost-effective as compared to formula milk, it assists in preventing medical bills by equipping the child with the potential to fight infection later in life. Further, when a mother breast feeds, Prolactin, which is the milk producing hormone, also promotes a feeling of calmness in the mother, reduces anxiety and prepares her for the labor of
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