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Breast feeding is a milk feeding directly to baby from mother's breasts. Babies have a sucking reflex which enable them to suck and swallow milk from mother breasts. Breasts milk is made from nutrients in the mother's bloodstream and bodily stores. Breasts milk has the right amount of protein, fat, sugar and water, which needed for baby's growth, development and prevention of diseases. The composition of breasts milk changes depending on how long the baby nurses.
Not breasts feeding significantly increase the risk of large number of acute and chronic diseases including infections in lower respiratory , urinary tracts, ear, becteremia, etc.
Breasts feeding is the cost effective way of feeding the baby.New born baby who are immediately in contact with skin of mother provides a form of imprinting that makes subsequent feeding significantly easier and improve mother-baby interaction and keeps baby warm.
Breast feeding mothers have a less risk of breasts cancer, ovarian cancer including many other health risk..