We know breastfeeding may not work for every family, but a lot of our expecting mothers have asked for us to sum up the biggest health reasons why we chose to breastfeed our children as long as we could.
That short and sweet summary is:
-Disease prevention
-Enhances immune function
-Reduces: ear infections, respiratory illnesses, asthma, chronic digestive diseases, risk for obesity, type 1 and type 2 diabetes, heart disease, hypertension, high blood cholesterol, and childhood leukemia (Victoria et al, 2016).