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Breastfeeding Provides Protection To Infant’s GI Tract

You may not have heard of Bifidobacterium longum subsp. infantis,but it’s already on intimate terms with your breastfed baby. Fortunately this bacteria can be your baby’s lifelong friend. The subspecies of the bacteria Bifidobacterium longum inhabits the gastrointestinal tract of your nursing infant. This particular strain of bifido isn’t found in adults. B. longum subsp. infantis [...] [...]

How to Create a Breastfeeding Schedule

A good breastfeeding schedule will make it easier to provide both emotional and nutritional antibody benefits for newborn babies. Breast Milk Benefits Breast milk has benefits for the baby,such as:being easily digested it is a perfectly matched nutritional source it is filled with antibodies that protect against infection These benefits cannot be [...] [...]

Breastfeeding Around the World:Jakarta Mothers face jail sentence for refusing to breastfeed

Women who refuse to breastfeed their newly-born babies may face jail sentence for denying their children’s right. Article 128 of the 2009 law on health stipulates that babies have the right to six months of exclusive breast milk unless their mothers could not fulfill their obligation due to medical problems. Article 200 of [...] [...]

Surgeon General’s World Breastfeeding Week Statement

Surgeon General Dr. Regina M. Benjamin released a statement on Friday in honor of World Breastfeeding Week about her hopes to reduce disparities in breastfeeding rates. Dr. Benjamin is an African-American woman from Alabama,a state with one of the lowest breastfeeding rates,particularly among black women. Read full story here…Article Courtesy of Blacktating [...]

WHO All Set to Celebrate World Breastfeeding Week 2010

New York (ABC Live):WHO All Set to Celebrate World Breastfeeding Week from 1 to 7 August in more than 120 countries to encourage breastfeeding and improve the health of babies around the world. It commemorates the Innocenti Declaration made by WHO and UNICEF policy-makers in August 1990 to protect,promote and support breastfeeding. WHO [...] [...]

New Law Helps Breastfeeding Mothers

Working mothers have had to tailor their schedule to pump breast milk during the day. It is hard to find the time and more importantly,a place,for this while at work.  Life should get a little more comfortable for working,nursing mothers thanks to Obama’s new healthcare plan.  CNN reports page 1239 of the health [...] [...]

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