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1. Human milk boosts a baby’s immune system big time—helping baby fight viral, bacterial, and parasitic infections, including:

Respiratory tract infections
Ear infections
Bacterial meningitis
Pneumonia
Urinary tract infections
Infant diarrhea
Common colds and flus

2. Breastfeeding can actually reduce baby’s risk of disease later in life, including:

Type I and II diabetes
Hodgkin’s disease
Leukemia
Obesity
High blood pressure
High cholesterol levels
Crohn’s disease
Ulcerative colitis
Asthma
Eczema

3. Breastfeeding reduces mama’s risk of ovarian and breast cancer, heart disease, and osteoporosis. The longer she breastfeeds, the higher the benefit. In fact, a woman who breastfeeds for 8 years has nearly a 0% risk of breast cancer.

Get this—breastfeeding a baby girl actually reduces her lifetime risk of breast cancer by 25%.

4. Breastfeeding saves a family approximately $2 to 4 thousand dollars annually (compared to cost of formula).

5. Breastfeeding helps mama heal faster in the postpartum, helping her uterus return to pre-pregnancy size faster and lowering overall postpartum blood loss.

6. Breastfeeding can help mama return to her pre-baby weight. It takes 1000 calories a day on average to produce breast milk. Women are advised to consume an extra 500 calories a day, and the body dips into reserves it built up in pregnancy to make the rest (it’s important to consume those extra calories or the body actually goes into “starvation mode” and holds onto the reserves).

7. Producing breast milk consumes 25% of the body’s energy; the brain only uses 20% by comparison.

8. On average, babies remove 67% of the milk mama has available—they eat until fullness, not until the breast is emptied.

9. Almost 75% of all moms produce more milk in their right breast, whether they are right- or left- handed.

10. Mama’s body is constantly making the perfect milk for baby. Milk changes its nutritional profile as baby grows (milk made for a 3 month old is different than for a 9 month old). Milk can even change day to day—for example, water content may increase during times of hot weather and baby-sickness to provide extra hydration.

11. Human milk contains substances that promote sleep and calmness in babies (who doesn’t love that?) Breastfeeding also calms mama and helps her bond to baby.

12. Breastfed infants are at lower risk for sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS)

13. Mama’s breasts can detect even a one degree fluctuation in baby’s body temperature and adjust accordingly to heat up or cool down baby as needed. This is one reason skin-to-skin contact in the early days is so crucial.

14. Breastfeeding reduces baby’s risk of cavities later on and may lower the chance they will need braces as kids.

15. Breastfeeding mamas sleep on average 45 minutes more a night, compared to those who formula feed.

http://www.health-foundations.com/blog/2013/11/19/15-cool-facts-about-breastfeeding
 
1. Human milk boosts a baby’s immune system big time—helping baby fight viral, bacterial, and parasitic infections, including:

Respiratory tract infections
Ear infections
Bacterial meningitis
Pneumonia
Urinary tract infections
Infant diarrhea
Common colds and flus

2. Breastfeeding can actually reduce baby’s risk of disease later in life, including:

Type I and II diabetes
Hodgkin’s disease
Leukemia
Obesity
High blood pressure
High cholesterol levels
Crohn’s disease
Ulcerative colitis
Asthma
Eczema

3. Breastfeeding reduces mama’s risk of ovarian and breast cancer, heart disease, and osteoporosis. The longer she breastfeeds, the higher the benefit. In fact, a woman who breastfeeds for 8 years has nearly a 0% risk of breast cancer.

Get this—breastfeeding a baby girl actually reduces her lifetime risk of breast cancer by 25%.

4. Breastfeeding saves a family approximately $2 to 4 thousand dollars annually (compared to cost of formula).

5. Breastfeeding helps mama heal faster in the postpartum, helping her uterus return to pre-pregnancy size faster and lowering overall postpartum blood loss.

6. Breastfeeding can help mama return to her pre-baby weight. It takes 1000 calories a day on average to produce breast milk. Women are advised to consume an extra 500 calories a day, and the body dips into reserves it built up in pregnancy to make the rest (it’s important to consume those extra calories or the body actually goes into “starvation mode” and holds onto the reserves).

7. Producing breast milk consumes 25% of the body’s energy; the brain only uses 20% by comparison.

8. On average, babies remove 67% of the milk mama has available—they eat until fullness, not until the breast is emptied.

9. Almost 75% of all moms produce more milk in their right breast, whether they are right- or left- handed.

10. Mama’s body is constantly making the perfect milk for baby. Milk changes its nutritional profile as baby grows (milk made for a 3 month old is different than for a 9 month old). Milk can even change day to day—for example, water content may increase during times of hot weather and baby-sickness to provide extra hydration.

11. Human milk contains substances that promote sleep and calmness in babies (who doesn’t love that?) Breastfeeding also calms mama and helps her bond to baby.

12. Breastfed infants are at lower risk for sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS)

13. Mama’s breasts can detect even a one degree fluctuation in baby’s body temperature and adjust accordingly to heat up or cool down baby as needed. This is one reason skin-to-skin contact in the early days is so crucial.

14. Breastfeeding reduces baby’s risk of cavities later on and may lower the chance they will need braces as kids.

15. Breastfeeding mamas sleep on average 45 minutes more a night, compared to those who formula feed.

http://www.health-foundations.com/blog/2013/11/19/15-cool-facts-about-breastfeeding
Funker det slik hvis man delammer også?
 
Visste du at melken skifter smak etter hva du spiser og drikker?
Derfor trenger man ikke stresse med å introdusere nye smaker til barnet, nye smaker blir introdusert hele tiden fra første melkeskvett! Kvinnekroppen er fantastisk!
 
Morsmelk er vannvittig næringsrik, vi har bare såvidt begynt å avdekke hva de ulike komponentene i brystmelk gjør. Morsmelk er ekstremt næringsrikt for ”større” barn også, da blir næringsinnholdet bare mer konsentrert per dl.

En uovertruffen beskyttelse mot sykdomsfremkallende organismer, særlig de første 6 mnd, da fullamming opprettholder Virgin Gut (et lag av antistoffer som dekker innsiden av den uferdige tarmen og hindrer patogener å trenge inn i blodbanen) . I tillegg vil barnets spytt trekkes inn i brystet via små kjertler rundt brystknoppen, og signalisere til mor nøyaktig hvilke antistoffer barnet trenger for å hjelpe sitt eget immunforsvar å bekjempe sykdom.

Barns spesifikke immunforsvar er kun 25% utviklet rundt 1 års alder, og det er mye som tyder på at barn slutter å die når deres immunforsvar er modent nok til å takle inntrengere uten hjelp fra mors antistoffer (biologisk naturlig ammeslutt er mellom ca 2,5-7 år).

Morsmelk gir smertelindring! Barn som har suge-evne (den forsvinner et sted mellom 2,5-7 års alder), får en fysiologisk smertelindring på nivå med paracet av å die. Gull verdt ved ørebetennelse, når ungen har falt ned fra sofaen, eller har trynet av sykkelen.

Utvikling av smakspaletten til baby! Hver eneste ting mor spiser setter smak på melken, som med andre ord ikke smaker det samme etter en brødskive med brunost som etter en curryrett. Mme smaker det samme hele tiden og vil ikke utfordre smaksløkene slik som morsmelk.

Perfekt drikke på varme dager! Morsmelk tilpasser seg hele tiden ditt barns spesifikke, nåværende behov. Den er tynnere og med vann heldig i varmen (tørstedrikk), fetere om kvelden (sovemedisin) mer proteinrik for eldre barn (for god vekst).

Morsmelk styrker fordøyelsen og immunforsvaret, gir høyere IQ, minsker risiko for fedme, mindre risiko for diabetes, hjerte- og kar sykdommer og kreft, og både morsmelken i seg selv og amming beskytter mot karies hos barnet. Amming minsker også mors risiko for brystkreft med 4,2% hvert år.

Amming on demand styrker tilknytningen mellom mor og barn, gir et genialt verktøy mot trass, melt downs og er en fin måte å få en liten pause i hverdagen på.
 
At selv om det er over 2 år siden du sluttet å amme, så kan du komme hjem og finne våte flekker i bh'en etter å ha stått i en heis og hører en nyfødt baby begynne å grine fordi den er sulten..
 
At selv om det er over 2 år siden du sluttet å amme, så kan du komme hjem og finne våte flekker i bh'en etter å ha stått i en heis og hører en nyfødt baby begynne å grine fordi den er sulten..

Flokkinstinkt <3
 
Ja jeg var ikke skeptisk til det du skrev - bare nysgjerrig. For ja da må det jo være at det beskytter for utbrudd og det var jo spennende - med tanke på at det handler om en sykdom som allerede ligger der! :)

Sånn er det med mange sykdommer og tilstander i kroppen. Det er styrt av både arv og miljø :)
 
Å ta seg til brystet for egen hånd er en del av barnets naturlige utvikling. Nyfødte kan kravle på magen opp til brystet og finne det selv. Det er helt normalt at eldre babyer finner fram selv.

https://youtu.be/2SX_EWVFqxE
 
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