(1) Breast milk provides all the food and drink your baby will need during the first 4-6 mths of his/her life.
(2) It also provides special factors to promote the growth of babies' brains, nerves, and eyesight. These can't be found in any other type of milk.
(3) Your breastmilk is made specifically for your baby and it will change constantly to meet his needs as he grows.
Breast milk contains antibodies to protect your baby from infections.
(1) Breast milk contains interferon which helps your baby fight viruses.
(2) Your body can react to infections in your surroundings by making antibodies that will be passed on through your breastmilk to give him the necessary protection. This is nature's own way of providing a "tailor-made" medicine.
(3) Breast milk comes with its own regulating substances. This means that your body can make extra nutrients available when needed by the baby and lower them when they are no longer necessary.
(4) Breast milk primes the baby to produces antibodies so breastfed babies have a better response to immunisation.
(5) Breast milk (unlike formula milk) creates the correct conditions in the baby's bowels to prevent the growth of harmful germs, which cause stomach upsets.
(6) If your baby is born prematurely, breast milk has special properties which prepare his bowels to tolerate milk.
A mother who has a premautre baby will produce different milk from that of a mother who has a baby at full-term. This milk is higher in growth factors and antibodies to help fight infections.
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