Breastfeeding

Breastfeeding has been a meaningful part of my life because I have two sons which were breastfed. Breastfeeding does not only have a nutritional and healthy aspect for babies but it also encourages nurturing and bonding aspects as well. Think about it, your baby is cuddling close to you and is sharing the warmness of your body and your milk. I remember breastfeeding would also be so relaxing that it would put both me and my sons to sleep.

I was curious about how other mothers from around the world thought about breastfeeding. This is what I learned:

he Philippines is one of the leaders in international efforts to promote and protect women’s right to breastfeed. The country has implemented laws to control aggressive marketing by formula companies and their false claims that formula makes babies smarter. The WHO estimated that the nation’s total lost wages from caring for formula-fed children with diarrhea and acute respiratory infections during the first six months of life was 1 billion pesos ($23.4 million). Eighty-eight percent of Filipino babies are breastfed at birth and 34% are exclusively breastfed up to five months of age.