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How you benefit
Breastfeeding does not only benefit your baby, there's lots in it for you.
- Less risk of getting breast cancer
- Less risk of getting ovarian cancer
- Less risk of getting osteoporosis (bone thinning) in later life
- Stronger bones in later life
- Faster return to pre-pregnancy weight
- Less doctor and prescription costs
- Less equipment costs and no need to buy formula, bottles, teats, sterilisers and so on.
Mothers and babies enjoy the unique closeness and bond that breastfeeding brings to their relationship, especially after the first few weeks when breastfeeding is fully established.
Because breastfed children are healthier you don’t have as much worry or distress when they are ill.
There is also a great sense of achievement in being able to do something so important for your baby.
Breastfeeding is also very convenient when travelling, or just getting out and about with your baby. You don’t have to worry about finding hot water to make up feeds or trying to keep bottles and teats as free of germs as possible.
When you breastfeed you just have to grab a nappy and go!
