Topic for blog week 2 Dr.Meyers
Breastfeeding,
Breastfeeding has been studied intensively over the years to find the significance in whether it helps more than formula. The findings say, yes. Babies that are breastfed are introduced to cells, hormones, and antibodies that protect them from illness, such as necrotizing, enterocolitis, lower respiratory infections, asthma, obesity, and type 2 diabetes. A mother’s breast milk is unique to the baby’s needs and has the same cells that the mother has and there is less chance of rejection to the milk. Formula has a cow milk base and is more difficult for human babies to digest.
Another reason researchers recommend breastfeeding babies is because, it help with the bonding period. Physical contact between the mother and the infant has been known to calm both the mother and the baby do to the warmth of the two bodies touching.
When relating this information to me, I tend to agree with the process and any chance to help the baby’s immune system. Healthy babies are a good thing. Healthy babies will help keep the cost of medical down and without high medical costs; there can be more money spent on research to enhance the well-being of the baby’s other needs.
Other countries throughout the world have been breastfeeding for generations because there may not be other forms of formula and substances available. The cost of producing formula for breastfeeding is high and in a country that does not have a lot of money for research, the only way to feed the young is to breastfeed. In Africa, over 95% of mothers’ breastfeed, the problem with this is that the health conditions are poor and the mother cannot get enough nurturance to keep herself healthy. Some mothers in Africa will breastfeed their children up to the age of four or five to ensure the child gets food. When a community does not have enough food to go around some cultures will feed only the women and they will share the breastfeeding responsibilities between themselves. This is that one mother may end up feeding three different babies and it is culturally acceptable. This is one way to ensure the children live, and keeps the population thriving.
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