after experts revealed the benefits of
breastfeeding this traditional practice
has regained popularity but still
remains a sensitive issue for some women
now we’ve been told for years that
breast is this would never fresh baby
never it doesn’t come naturally to
everybody hi I’m Rebecca Braden and
welcome to watchmojo.com and today we’ll
be learning more about this issue from
world-renowned breastfeeding expert dr.
Michael Kramer why should women
breastfeed it’s been shown that
breastfeeding has many health advantages
and developmental advantages for the
baby and is also healthier for the
long-term health of the mother there’s
very good evidence that breastfeeding
particularly prolong and exclusive
breastfeeding during the period when the
brain is developing actually accelerates
brain development adults who have been
breastfed for a long period of time and
pretty exclusively have higher IQs and
they do better in school there’s some
tantalizing suggestions that
breastfeeding may protect against type 1
diabetes lymphoma leukemia and another
kind of blood cancer is there a correct
way to breastfeed
there are many incorrect ways of
breastfeeding particularly involving
just having the baby nipple suck and not
actually milk the breast and that’s what
damages nipples how often should one
breastfeed it’s really the baby that
determines how often and how much
it’s very variable early on after birth
it could be an hour later an hour and a
half later that’s typical could be a
half hour later if that baby just didn’t
get enough that time sometimes it’s 3 or
4 hours at night at what age should it
stop there’s really not much evidence
about health benefits either for the
baby or the mother beyond the second
year of life but there’s no upper
maximum beyond which it’s been shown to
either be harmful to the child or the
mother can you explain to us a bit about
the debate between formula-feeding and
breastfeed
formula-feeding was by far the most
common form of infant feeding after the
Second World War I think the nadir that
is the lowest point in breastfeeding was
in late 60s or early 70s and it’s had
somewhat of a renaissance since then
largely because of the recognition of
the health benefits we keep finding
things new about breast milk that are
better than the Foreman’s the Foreman’s
are better than they used to be but
they’re still not as good as breast milk
you have any final thoughts I would just
say for women who are either don’t want
to or can’t they shouldn’t feel guilty
that they were unable to do it or unable
to do it for very long so I oh I’ve very
strong in terms of encouraging women to
breastfeed I don’t think women who don’t
want to or can’t should feel guilty
about it
thank you very much my pleasure – thank
you
breastfeeding this traditional practice
has regained popularity but still
remains a sensitive issue for some women
now we’ve been told for years that
breast is this would never fresh baby
never it doesn’t come naturally to
everybody hi I’m Rebecca Braden and
welcome to watchmojo.com and today we’ll
be learning more about this issue from
world-renowned breastfeeding expert dr.
Michael Kramer why should women
breastfeed it’s been shown that
breastfeeding has many health advantages
and developmental advantages for the
baby and is also healthier for the
long-term health of the mother there’s
very good evidence that breastfeeding
particularly prolong and exclusive
breastfeeding during the period when the
brain is developing actually accelerates
brain development adults who have been
breastfed for a long period of time and
pretty exclusively have higher IQs and
they do better in school there’s some
tantalizing suggestions that
breastfeeding may protect against type 1
diabetes lymphoma leukemia and another
kind of blood cancer is there a correct
way to breastfeed
there are many incorrect ways of
breastfeeding particularly involving
just having the baby nipple suck and not
actually milk the breast and that’s what
damages nipples how often should one
breastfeed it’s really the baby that
determines how often and how much
it’s very variable early on after birth
it could be an hour later an hour and a
half later that’s typical could be a
half hour later if that baby just didn’t
get enough that time sometimes it’s 3 or
4 hours at night at what age should it
stop there’s really not much evidence
about health benefits either for the
baby or the mother beyond the second
year of life but there’s no upper
maximum beyond which it’s been shown to
either be harmful to the child or the
mother can you explain to us a bit about
the debate between formula-feeding and
breastfeed
formula-feeding was by far the most
common form of infant feeding after the
Second World War I think the nadir that
is the lowest point in breastfeeding was
in late 60s or early 70s and it’s had
somewhat of a renaissance since then
largely because of the recognition of
the health benefits we keep finding
things new about breast milk that are
better than the Foreman’s the Foreman’s
are better than they used to be but
they’re still not as good as breast milk
you have any final thoughts I would just
say for women who are either don’t want
to or can’t they shouldn’t feel guilty
that they were unable to do it or unable
to do it for very long so I oh I’ve very
strong in terms of encouraging women to
breastfeed I don’t think women who don’t
want to or can’t should feel guilty
about it
thank you very much my pleasure – thank
you
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