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 Question: Are there any health benefits to breastfeeding for the mother?

  • A. Yes
  • B. No
 
Answer: A.
 

What are the benefits of breastfeeding?

  • a). It reduces risks of breast and ovarian cancer later in life
  • b). It sometimes can acts as a method of birth control (but not fail safe)
  • c). It helps women return to their pre-pregnancy weight faster & lowers rates of obesity

 

Breastfeeding also benefits mothers. The practice when done exclusively is associated with a natural (though not fail-safe) method of birth control (98% of protection in the first 6 months after birth). It reduces risks of breast and ovarian cancer later in life, helps women return to their pre-pregnancy weight faster, and lowers rates of obesity.

 

Source

 

  1. 1. http://www.who.int/features/factfiles/breastfeeding/en/index.html

 

For more information, go to everymothercounts.org

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