Mum Mum’s has reported on numerous occasions the immense amount of health benefits breastfeeding provides mothers and babies. From creating strong, healthy bonds to reducing baby’s risk of asthma; the benefits of breastfeeding are both esoteric and clinical. At the risk of sounding redundant, a surprising new study has surfaced touting yet another health bonus where one might have least expected.                           

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Many factors can affect a mother’s ability to breastfeed successfully from length of maternity leave to free infant formula samples provided by the hospital.  Despite the fact that some mothers enter the hospital with full intention to breastfeed their newborn upon delivery, many actually leave the hospital without accomplishing that goal. A new study provides valuable insight as to why this happens.

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Although chemicals like BPA and phthalate have been getting lots of press, that does not mean they are the only inorganic materials in our food and water supply.  There can, at times, be an array of different substances in what we eat and drink due to pollutants or factory run-offs that end up in the soil and water.  Many of the substances, however, are inert or found in such small amounts they do not disrupt our own basic chemistry.  In the first human study of its kind, one common pollutant has been found to alter the composition of breast milk.

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As the saying goes, breast is best, but deciding whether or not to breastfeed your new baby is a big decision.  Mum Mum’s regularly highlights new scientific studies illustrating the many health benefits of breastfeeding yet many women are still not entirely sold on the idea. Here are 10 reasons to breastfeed your baby:

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The first week of August (1^st – 7^th) is allocated for  World Breastfeeding Week (WBW), the largest global vessel for breastfeeding outreach to increase support for nursing mothers.  Just a few days into WBW, their efforts are clearly making an impact already.  England announced today that an additional 2 million Euros are being invested to help breastfeeding women.

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