Why Choose Breast-feeding?
Breast-feeding has numerous benefits for both baby and mom: For the baby • Breast-fed infants have fewer illnesses and milder symptoms when illnesses occur. • Breast-fed babies are less likely to develop respiratory infections, childhood diabetes and childhood lymphoma. • Breast-fed babies have fewer ear infections, cases of diarrhea and other gastrointestinal infections and disorders. • Breast-feeding decreases the risk of heart disease and high blood pressure in later life. For the mother • Women who breast-feed reduce their chances of pre-menopausal breast cancer, cervical and ovarian cancer, osteoporosis and anemia. • Milk production burns calories, helping in weight loss after pregnancy. • Prolactin, the hormone for milk production, is also known as the “mothering hormone.” Prolactin stimulates maternal instincts and has a relaxing effect on the mother. Licking Memorial Hospital has served the medical needs of Licking County residents since it was founded in 1898. The 227-bed faci
