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Breastfeeding: Nourishing the Future

Promoting healthy motherhood saves lives. 222,000 lives, in fact, if all babies are breastfed within the first hour of birth and given only breastmilk for their first six months.

Promoting healthy motherhood practices saves lives. 222,000 lives, in fact, if all newborns are breastfed within the first hour of birth and given only breastmilk for their first six months.


Think about the most magical liquid you have ever interacted with. Does your brain drift to something alcoholic? Is it water? Or something more technical and hydraulic-y and tech-specific? Few people may land upon breastmilk. But this humble substance has hidden, mystical properties. This food source does more than sustain: it is the Vishnu of multi-tasking – stimulating the baby’s gastronomic tract, promoting the child’s metabolic efficiency and immune system, and helping the mother lose weight and reduce the risk of cancers and anemia, all at once. Did you know that breastmilk changes its composition to suit the baby’s needs? And contains more than 700 types of bacteria? And that newborns can touch a surface contaminated with germs, then return to their mother, at which point, the mother’s skin picks up on what germs the grubby one has brought back, and her body produces antibodies in the breastmilk to help the child combat those germs? Newborns often spit up, and parents believe this is a normal step of feeding. However, it is because their stomachs are the size of marbles, and cannot stretch. In the first few days after birth, the mother produces colostrum, which is thick, yellow, packed with the appropriate nutrients and antibodies, and the perfect amount for that marble-sized stomach. Breastmilk can do all of these incredible things because it co-evolved with human beings to ensure that our newborns were provided with the most essential biological tools when they are the most vulnerable. Continue reading

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