You know that breastfeeding is good for your baby and you do it because you want to give your baby the best start in life that you can. However, breastfeeding can also provide several benefits to the mother. Breastfeeding can help get rid of the excess fat stored during pregnancy, it can help you lose weight by burning off calories, it can provide health benefits, and it can provide a significant savings of money. Feel good about your decision to breastfeed. It will be beneficial both to you and your baby.
1. Breastfeeding Helps Get Rid of the Unwanted Body Fat
Breastfeeding can help a mother lose that extra body fat that she put on during the pregnancy. Your body uses that fat that it stored around your waist and hips in the production of breast milk for your baby. By breastfeeding you will be able to get rid of this unwanted fat and regain your shape much more quickly. Breastfeeding is one of the rare instances where you can actually lose fat in a specific location.
2. Breastfeeding Reduces a Pound A Week of Weight Loss
Breastfeeding can also help a new mother lose that baby weight by burning off a significant number of calories each day. The production of a day's worth of breast milk for your baby will burn in the neighborhood of 500 calories. That doesn't sound like much? It's about what you would burn spending an hour on a stair climbing machine. It works out to about a pound a week of weight loss.
3. Breastfeeding Brings Total Health Benefits
Breastfeeding provides the new mother with several health benefits besides helping her to lose weight and get her figure back. Breastfeeding has been shown to significantly reduce the risk of a new mother suffering from postpartum depression. Studies have also shown lower incidences of certain cancers in women who breastfed their babies such as ovarian and breast cancers.
4. Breastfeeding is Free and Save Money
The final benefit of breastfeeding for the mother is the effect it will have on your purse. Breast milk is the only source of nutrition that your baby will need for the first six months of its life. The cost of formula over this period of time can run into the hundreds of dollars. Breastfeeding is free and can save you those hundreds of dollars to spend on other things for you and your baby. Enjoy the extra money.
You now have four very good reasons to breastfeed your new baby other than how good it is for your baby. Breastfeeding also provides benefits for the mother. It can help a new mother get her figure back by using the fat from her waist and hips in the production of breast milk. Producing breast milk also burns a lot of calories helping a new mom to get her figure back more quickly. A breastfeeding mother lowers her chances of getting postpartum depression and her chances of getting several forms of cancer. And, finally, breastfeeding can provide a significant cost savings over purchasing formula.
Breastfeeding is good for both you and your new baby so go ahead and enjoy the experience.
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