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Advantages of Breastfeeding

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What is the appropriate food when we were born? This week, Prof. Chen, Yi-Chun will give a detailed lecture on breastfeeding. The purpose is to understand the young mother’s situation or difficulties and to learn the importance of breastfeeding.

Even though we are not nurturing a baby, and usually young mothers will gain information from hospitals, there are some topics for us to think about. For example, How can we support the mother as a family member? What help can we offer? A young mother may have many concerned, how do we alleviate their worries? So find out what concerned mother has when nurturing a baby this week.

First, she will tell this week’s outline. We begin with the advantages of breastfeeding and then the composition of breast milk. The third part is how to breastfeed successfully for mothers. The final part is diet principles for breastfeeding mothers.

Then, she starts to explain the advantages of breastfeeding. Breastfeeding helps to boost the baby’s immune system and help the mother’s recovery. Also, breastfeeding is an intimate bonding time for the mother with the newborn. Last, eco-friendly is an additional benefit for breastfeeding.

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