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Babies fed mom's milk are:
• 9 times less likely to be hospitalized
• have less tummy sickness
• have less respiratory illness
• have less ear infections
• have protection from meningitis & H influenza bacteremia
• have less urinary tract infections
• have higher IQ scores
• have less severe allergies
• have protection from Crohn's disease
• have less diabetes
• have protection from some childhood cancers
• have lower incidence of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS)
Moms who breastfeed:
• save time & money
• have lower risk of breast cancer
• have lower risk of ovarian cancer
• have lower risk of bleeding afer birth
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