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    to discourage one of the most natural phenomenons: breastfeeding. As noted above, some believe it to be considered as indecent exposure and should not be allowed in public places. Although many people think breastfeeding in public should be prohibited, it is a natural occurrence that benefits the baby. Breastfeeding has been around since the beginning of time, literally; it would not be feasible to ban it publicly. To begin with, breastfeeding is beneficial to not only the baby, but also to the

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    Why is it wrong for a mother to breastfeed her child in public? Breastfeeding women have had many struggles and they have also been looked down upon for breastfeeding in public. Breastfeeding protects infants from contracting diseases, helps infants grow strong and healthy, and protects mothers from developing many forms of cancer. Breastfeeding mothers have been made to feel uncomfortable, unwelcome and even intimidated. While working on this research paper, I wanted to discover if younger

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    Breastfeeding is a individual women who chose to feeds their baby with milk from the breast there are several reason why women should breast feed. You create this bond between the mother and the baby. It may lower the risk of the baby having an cold or flu (bump2017). It protects the baby from different types of symptoms. Mothers who breastfeed are likely to have a lower risk of breast cancer. When breastfeeding it higher the child IQ. We are all humans and everyone likes to eat when they're hungry

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    There are many benefits for the mother that come with breastfeeding as well, not just the baby. Breastfeeding releases good hormones, such as Oxytocin and Prolactin, which make you feel a strong sense of love and attachment to the baby, and help you relax to focus on caring for it. Breastfeeding provides many health benefits even beyond the immense emotional satisfaction that is often felt, mothers will recover from childbirth quickly and with less postpartum bleeding, have reduced chances of having

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    baby with jaundice will present with yellowing of the skin and whites of the eyes. Breastfeeding more often and for longer periods of time can aid in the baby’s body process of excreting the excess bilirubin (CDC, 2015). It can also have the opposite effect on some infants. Jaundice is a more frequent occurrence in infants that are breastfed. There are two types of jaundice in breastfed infants. They are breastfeeding jaundice and breast milk jaundice.

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    In the early days of breastfeeding, your little one needed to eat every two to three hours (or more often!), which probably made you feel at times that breastfeeding would never end. As your little one grows, however, he or she will begin to replace some breastfeeding sessions with solid foods. This is an exciting time that can also be a little emotional for you. (-- removed HTML --) When and Why You Should Begin Cutting Out Feedings (-- removed HTML --) Your baby will still need milk for a while

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    HIV and Breastfeeding Since the beginning of time, breastfeeding has been one of the most encouraged and sacred acts between mother and infant, a natural survival skill for all species. It has been encouraged by many cultures and for some, is the only means of providing nutrition for infants. However, the existence of the often fatal disease, HIV, which can be spread through bodily fluids, challenges the sacred status of breastfeeding. “HIV stands for human immunodeficiency virus. If left untreated

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    Lactation & Breastfeeding Milk is well adapted to the special needs of each species. Human milk is ideally suited to the needs of human infant. A recent study of more than 10,000 new born babies published in the American Journal “Paediatrics” has shown that if all babies start breast feeding within one hour, pre-natal deaths will be reduced by 22%. Babies have been dependent on his mother’s milk for survival. Although, the cow’s milk began to be used as a domestic animal 5000 years ago, less than

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    there. During the shower the topic of breast feeding came up—wow, I never thought that such a nurturing act would cause so much ruckus and differences of opinions. By the end of the evening, the crowd of friends and family shifted to pretty much ‘breastfeeding’ is antiquated, too old skool’ to practice, and not practical. Some were neutral, but neutral in many a case means I give in to mainstream. They made it seem, so uncouth, and had a bunch of negative and demeaning sentiments such as, your man will

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    Summary Breastfeeding is the way of feeding a baby with milk from mother’s breast. There are many benefits of breastfeeding for mothers especially. There is an emotional and physical attachment of mother with the baby. Breastfeeding also helps in minimizing the rates of breast cancer, ovarian cancer, diabetes, arthritis and high blood pressure (American Academy of Pediatrics, 2011). One of the main social conditions, which greatly affect breastfeeding, is socio-economic status of women. Women living

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