Breast Milk is Best

Either Directly from the Breast or Pumped

After planning on breastfeeding throughout most of my pregnancy it ended up not happening. Inside the hospital room my daughter whimpered and was hungry. I tried offering her my breast but it was difficult for her and I felt bad because she wanted to be fed and I knew I could make her full quicker if I stopped offering my breast and just gave her a bottle. So that is what I did. I gave her a bottle. Later, i did try again to offer my breast to her but again she wailed in hunger so i gave her a bottle. I was tired and sore and was not up to the struggle at the moment although now I wish I would have tried alittle harder. Although i did not feed her breast milk directly from my breast, once I returned home I was determined to give her the special nutrients that are only found in breast milk although often imitated by formula companies. Breast milk and formula do not have the same nutrients. Breast milk is the best nutrition you can give your child and if I ever happen to become pregnant a second time in my life I will try much harder to breastfeed. Luckily, a breast pump was given to me and i decided to pump my breast milk so that my daughter could begin with the right start, a healthy start.

Breast milk, whether it be given directly from the breast or pumped into a bottle, is best. Babies who are fed breast milk have less health problems and do not become ill as often. They normally do not develop as many allergies also. Breastfeeding seems to protect mothers too. It allows you to return to your pre-pregnancy size sooner and gives much more time before your menstrual cycle begins for the first time after childbirth. it is an all around positive choice to make. Some researcher even say breastfed babies are smarter! It is much less costly too if you really think about it. There is no cost to breastfeed. There are no bottles or nipples to clean, unless of course you pump your breast milk into a bottle for your baby.