We have talked a lot about the benefits of breastfeeding, but it is still an issue that should be encouraged to reach all corners, all moms and all health professionals who, today, do not have it so Count as they should.
We talk about benefits for the baby, as it develops beneficial bacteria for your intestine, prevents hardening of the arteries and serious heart diseases in adulthood, protects against food allergies, and among many other things, triples the chances of survival of babies From the third world.
The benefits also affect the mother, in addition to being gratifying to breastfeed your baby, they claim that it prevents breast cancer, it helps the woman's metabolism to be the same as before pregnancy ... well, there are more than 50 reasons why it is beneficial to breastfeed the baby. Every time we know new initiatives that participate in promoting breastfeeding, today it is the turn of the Hospital de La Paz in Madrid and in general, the Ministry of Health of Madrid, because it has presented a document fruit of the collaboration of health professionals that embodies all known benefits of breastfeeding.
This work, in addition to being useful for the benefit of mothers and children, is intended to grant the Hospital de La Paz the accreditation of the Children's Friend Hospital granted by WHO and UNICEF, in Babies and more, we have already explained what try, if you want to read it access through the following link to What is a Children's Friendly Hospital ?.
They affirm that in this Madrid hospital, 90% of mothers provide their children with breastfeeding, but there are still many health centers that do not provide information or the implementation of breastfeeding.
We hope that this document increases the numbers of breastfed babies, also over time, and that it spreads the value of breastfeeding.
