Breastfeeding link roundup
This article from US News & World Report says that breastfeeding is good for your heart.
The women provided information on their diets as well as their breast-feeding history. Researchers also collected information on body mass index (BMI, a ratio of weight to height) and the women’s medical histories. All participants sent in an annual medical review during the study. The average time in the study was just under eight years.
The study authors found that women who breast-fed for one or more months were less likely to have high blood pressure, diabetes, abnormal cholesterol and cardiovascular disease, but it wasn’t until after six months of total breast-feeding time that the trend toward lower heart disease risk became statistically significant, according to Schwarz.
“Even one or two months is going to improve a woman’s heart health, but the longer women breast-fed, the more benefit they got,” she said.
After a year of breast-feeding, the odds of having high blood pressure dropped by 12 percent; the odds of diabetes decreased by 20 percent; the rates of abnormal cholesterol levels went down by 19 percent; and the overall risk of cardiovascular disease fell by 9 percent, compared to women who never breast-fed, according to the study.
The Motherwear Breastfeeding blog posted links to two videos showing different methods of hand expressing milk, The Marmet Technique and a technique taught at Stanford Hospital.
PHD in Parenting wrote about breastfeeding “Nazis.” The two points in the piece are that, “…lactivists have not killed millions of people like the Nazis did,” and that, “…calling someone that is an enthusiastic advocate of something a Nazi trivializes and minimizes the suffering of the victims of the Holocaust.” Yes, exactly. Thank you. You may recall that I am completely offended by the comparison and appreciated reading another person’s point of view.
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