International Breastfeeding Journalrecently published its
firstthematic seriesonBreastfeeding and feminism: Reproductive health,
rights and justice, edited by Dr Miriam H Labbok, Dr Paige Hall
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The
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(2007). Covering diverse
topics ranging fromthe feminist portrayal of breastfeeding as a “choice”
andwomen repossessing breastfeedingtobreastfeeding in publicand themedia’s impact on breastfeeding, the series
aims to continue the momentum initiated at the symposia in motivating
involvement in promoting breastfeeding as a woman’s reproductive health, rights
and justice concern. To see all the articles published in this interesting
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Health experts say newborns need to be exclusively breastfed at least until they are six months old. Breast milk contains all the microelements and nutrients that children need during the first months of their lives. These nutrients are extremely important also for further their development, they say.
My wife has done this with both of our children and they rarely get sick and are doing quite well. I believe in breastfeeding, it works.
By the way fresh mother’s milk is even better, per thisarticle. Research has shown that storage of both human milk and artificial baby milk, or infant formula, leads to a loss of ascorbic acid (commonly called Vitamin C).
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