What are the advantages of breastfeeding please?

[tiredemma]

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Its for my assignmment, I have DOH and WHO stuff but wondered if anyone could add anything on here.

thnaks

[tiktok]

leoness - loads on this in archives. Try searching on alcohol. You only need to express for the time you are actually away from your baby.

[Swizzler]

6 months... can eat a bit now but not in the evenings

[NineUnlikelyTales]

Swizzler how old is your LO? If it's any consolation, my DS was the same (and diet coke too - I felt life was hardly worth living when I had to give them both up) but it only lasted a few weeks and now I can much chocolate and chug diet coke with no ill effects...except perhaps to my big belly

[MrsBadger]

1. lay in supplies of vodka and Martini
2. turn up stereo
3. let nature take its course!

[Swizzler]

Even worse, DS objects when I eat chocolate . Prob fgood for me in the long run

[Leoness]

Do i have to express a lot first?

[Leoness]

How do i do that then tik tok?

[tiredemma]

Ive just googled and came across benefits of both on BBC- most was the benefits of the 'convenience' of both as opposed to actual health benefits!

[tiktok]

Dancing late into the night with martinis does not have to stop because of bf

[Leoness]

Stops you drinking excessively (unfortunately!!)
any benefits that can be gained from not going partying to often or to hard!!
i've forgotten all about dancing late into the night on Martini's!!!

[Cazee]

Just remembered something very, very frightening. At my NHS antenatal class we were all given cards with things like "no need to make bottles", "Dad can help with the feeding", "You can see how much the baby is getting" written on, and had to put them in the advantages of bf or advantages of ff pile. I can't believe it really happened. No summing up about the health benefits of bf, just left to look at equal sized piles of advantages for both

[tiktok]

Fine, emma, and good luck with it

[tiredemma]

is that ok? I love the last sentence about the crutch btw- dont think that I will put that bit in though. Is it ok the use the middle sentence about bf?

if my assignment ever becomes famous I will pay you royalties and have t-shirts made with the sentence on.

[Swizzler]

You can read while bfing (with a bit of practice)
Def health benefits - DS is startlingly healthy compared with other babies I know
weight loss for mother (eventually)
makes you sit down, rest and concentrate on your baby

[tiktok]

You can say 'a mother I met on an internet talk board pointed out that......' and then quote me on that, if you like.

[tiredemma]

I really need to put in a 'mothers perspective' of the benefits/advantages of bf........ I would love to pretend that I have 'interviewed' you and put your thoughts in my assignment....

[tiktok]

Yes.........?

[tiredemma]

tiktok- would you mind doing something for me please?

[NineUnlikelyTales]

Less poo, and the poo is less stinky and brown

[tiktok]

Crappy assignment, sorry, Emma. What on earth are the advantages of formula to the baby over and above breastmilk? (I can understand that some women don't like bf, and so they might prefer to ff).

There are no advantages to breastfeeding. Breastfeeding is the normal, physiological way to nourish the human species.

You might as well talk about the 'advantages' of breathing as opposed to using an oxygen tank, or the 'advantages' of walking as opposed to using crutches.

[CocoLoco]

101 reasons to breastfeed

[fishie]

speak for yourself piffle

[Cazee]

Also I read that hormones released during night bf put you back to sleep

[Piffle]

weight loss

[Cazee]

Baby takes exactly what she wants - so not hungry or overfed. I believe that there have been links made btw ff and obesity later? No "come on, finish the bottle"