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Parenting & Pregnancy > Feeding & Breastfeeding The benefits of colostrum

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Few would deny the benefits of breastfeeding a newborn. It provides the child with the best possible nutrition and also helps protect from infection. It has also been shown to reduce the incidence of SIDS (sudden infant death syndrome). Mothers also benefit through mother-infant bonding, induction of uterine involution, reduced breast cancer risk, contraception and it is easy and inexpensive. The initial milk expressed from the breast is called colostrum and is perhaps the most important. Below, the differences between breast milk and colostrum are described, and then the benefits of colost...

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