Breastfeeding and Mummy's Nutrition

It is common knowledge that breast feeding helps to improve the immunity of your kid. Kellymom has a really detailed and good write up about this.

But I would like to share some other thoughts related to breastfeeding.

1) Direct latch

A breastfeeding mummy can choose to direct latch her baby, or exclusive pump. However I read that direct latch has a slight advantage over purely pumping. It appears that the baby's saliva acts as a feedback system to the mummy's breast in order to get suitable antibodies needed to fight a disease. 

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Breast-feeding is especially good for babies when they become ill. It is high in antibodies. When a baby is sick, the baby's saliva stimulates the breast to make antibodies specific to the illness.

2) Mummy's nutrition

Do you commonly hear of mummies who fall sick after their little ones get well from being sick? 

When a baby is sick, a breastfeeding mum will try her best to keep nursing her kid. This is because breast milk is known to supply the baby with antibodies to fight the germs. 

In so doing, her immunity level will be lowered slightly. 

If the breastfeeding mum is also the primary caregiver of the baby, more often than not, she will lose a lot of sleep. This is because the sick baby will require a lot of constant comforting, hugging, feeding... 

When she lacks sleep, immunity is further lowered. 

With these 2 factors, it's no wonder we hear of mummies falling sick with their baby. 

As such it is important for the mummy to take nutritious food during this period of time. This will allow her to give antibodies to her child via breast milk, and also maintain her own immunity.

Food Nutrition

From my previous post, I took Millennium and Nutriact.

Millennium contains cactus as the main ingredient. The amount of antioxidants and phytochemicals are very high, hence it helps strengthen the immune system.
Millennium Gold has cordyceps added to Millennium. On top of antioxidants and phytochemicals, there are also polysaccharides.

Nutriact contains 4 different types of mushrooms and hence an array of different polysaccharides that strengthens our immune cells.

With proper food nutrition, and the convenience from Millennium and Nutriact, both mummies and baby can enjoy good health.

Cheers,
Ee Ting
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