Breast Feeding Myths Uncovered
Do You Know that every 9 out of 10 of the world’s mothers breastfeed ?
Benefits of Mother’s milk to infant:
Breast milk provides exactly the right temperature and the correct nutrients whenever your baby wants it which is easy to digest.
Colostrums or first milk which is high in protein is produced during pregnancy and in the first two to four days of life prior to the milk ‘coming in’. This is rich in antibodies to help protect your new baby from infections and build resistance. Colostrums also aid the smooth passage of meconium (sticky dark stool that has been in the bowels of your baby during pregnancy) through the bowels.
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Breastfed babies suffer fewer infections in their first year. Their need for antibiotics is also reduced, which avoids any side-effects to their immature immune system. Infections include those to the eyes, ears, chest, urinary system, skin and gastrointestinal system etc.
Life, and insurance, after breast cancer
Breast cancer strikes fear in women’s hearts. It is the leading cause of cancer in women, with 207,090 women expected to be diagnosed with the disease this year alone, and is expected to claim the lives of more than 40,000 women in 2010, according to the American Cancer Society. Many of its victims are scarred by the trauma of going through treatments and possibly losing part of their womanhood.
But there is cause for hope. The likelihood of surviving the disease and subsequently getting life insurance has improved over the last several years.
As a result of earlier detection, improved treatment and decreased incidence, death rates from breast cancer have been steadily decreasing since 1999, according to Cancer Facts & Figures 2010—Atlanta: American Cancer Society report.
Breast Augmentation (mammoplasty)
Breast augmentation is one of the most popular plastic surgery procedures in the United States Known within the medical world as augmentation mammoplasty; breast augmentation refers to a surgical procedure in which the size and shape of a person’s breast tissue are enhanced through the implementation of breast implants.
There are many reasons behind breast surgery. One may want to correct disproportionate look of the body or may be having problems with breast.
Breast augmentation surgery will not improve nipple asymmetry, move your breasts closer together, lift droopy breasts, or remove stretch marks.