World Breastfeeding Week is an annual celebration which is held every year from 1 to 7 August all over the world. As the week approaches, Silverstreak Multispecialty Hospital takes this opportunity, to raise awareness about the benefits of Breast Feeding.

Breastfeeding is when you feed your baby breast milk, usually directly from your breast.

Breastfeeding is one of the most essential parts of a newborn baby's growing up journey. According to the World Health Organisation (WHO), babies should be exclusively breastfed for six months since the time of their birth and later should be introduced to different and appropriate food items after six months.

Benefits of Breastfeeding for the Baby:-

• Breast milk provides the ideal nutrition for infants. It has a nearly perfect mix of vitamins, protein, and fat -- everything your baby needs to grow.
• Breast milk contains antibodies that help your baby fight off viruses and bacteria.
• Babies who are breastfed exclusively for the first 6 months, without any formula, have fewer ear infections, respiratory illnesses, and bouts of diarrhea.
• Breastfeeding has been linked to higher IQ scores in later childhood in some studies. 
• Lower risk of type I and II diabetes.
• Less speech and orthodontic problems
• Improved brain maturation
• Greater immunity to infection.
• Fewer instances of allergies eczema, and asthma.
• Fewer instances of Crohn’s disease and colitis.
• Benefits of Breastfeeding for the Mother:-
• It helps in releasing the hormone oxytocin, which helps your uterus return to its pre-pregnancy size and may reduce uterine bleeding after birth.

Breastfeeding also lowers your risk of breast and ovarian cancer.

• Breastfeeding burns extra calories, so it can help you lose pregnancy weight faster.
• It may lower your risk of osteoporosis.
• Less postpartum bleeding
• Less risk of postpartum depression and more positive mood
• Lower risk of breast cancer
• Less endometriosis

“Increasing breastfeeding to near-universal levels could save more than 700,000 lives every year, the majority being children under six months.”

We wish to empower Mothers who require relevant, up-to-date information, education, and support to create an enabling environment, where mothers can feel empowered and supported to breastfeed. When we empower the family, workplaces, governments, and communities support them. When we remove the barriers to breastfeeding, we "enable breastfeeding." We can all become a change catalyst and be part of the movement to help support a mother to breastfeed. We all play an important role in the protection, promotion, and support of breastfeeding.

Please feel to know more about Breastfeeding and its benefits through us by contacting +919910520522 or email us at care@silverstreakhospital.com. We will be pleased to help each and everyone regarding this important and noble cause