But Margaret Gibson wrote: "Not everyone has the ability to
breast-feed so these 'experts' are just putting undue stress on to new mothers."
That divergence starts the day new moms get back to the office, especially for those who choose to
breast-feed. "There's a real incompatibility in the U.S.
The vice mayor said some men did not want their babies to
breast-feed because they wanted their wives' breasts for themselves only.
[2] Mothers may feel pressure to
breast-feed; however, in the developed world children generally grow up normally bottle fed.
Mums, I'm always looking for ammunition to persuade you to
breast-feed. There are rafts of research out there on how much babies benefit from a mother's milk, but now here's a new twist - you can benefit from breast-feeding too.
Women who
breast-feed their children and later develop breast cancer are less likely to experience a cancer recurrence, compared to women who did not breastfeed.
Muscat: Omani mothers have been urged to
breast-feed their children given the numerous benefits of the practice for children, mothers and the society, and the disadvantages of formula feeding.
Despite a series of national and local campaigns urging women to
breast-feed, statistics show fewer mums are using the method.
"We were interested to find out how that affected moms' decisions to
breast-feed.
The likelihood that women who intend to
breast-feed exclusively actually do so in the first week after giving birth is associated with hospital staff's approach to the practice, according to a study of U.S.
Breast Buddy is a new initiative from the Department of Health to encourage young mothers from low-income backgrounds to
breast-feed.
However, there has been no significant change in the percentage of women who continued to
breast-feed at 6 months of age.
