It is no secret that breastfeeding is the best food we can give a baby during its first months of life. We know that it provides many benefits for their healthy growth and development, and it also protects them against certain diseases or reduces their chances of suffering from them.
Breast milk is the best food that we can exclusively give to our baby during their first months of life, and it continues to provide benefits for the entire time they receive it. But as in many life experiences, each woman experiences breastfeeding differently. For some it is easy, for others not so much.
We all know the benefits of breast milk, and there are many mothers who decide, from the first moment, to breastfeed our babies. There are also women who prepare during pregnancy by reading articles and books on breastfeeding.
The World Health Organization (WHO) has long warned that if current trends continue, the number of overweight infants and young children will rise to 70 million by 2025. Furthermore, if not remedied, infants and children Obese youngsters will remain obese throughout childhood, adolescence, and adulthood.
The unique protection that breast milk affords babies stems from the symbiotic relationships between its different components and the interaction between them and the newborn, which makes each lactation unique.
Have you ever wondered what would happen if men had breasts and could breastfeed their babies? Naya Health, a Silicon Valley start-up creator of the smallest breast pump on the market, has created an ironic advertisement from a hypothetical perspective: assuming that they are the ones who breastfeed and have to express milk at work.
Until a few days ago, Nolotil, a trademark of a drug whose active ingredient is metamizole, could be safely consumed during breastfeeding. But this analgesic, especially used during postpartum (especially after cesarean section), has come to be considered "probable high risk", so its use is not recommended.
We know that the WHO recommends exclusive breastfeeding for six months and accompanied by other foods for up to two years or more, whenever the mother and baby wish. Unfortunately, this is sometimes difficult, because in our country at the moment maternity leave is 16 weeks (slightly less than four months).
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