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Breastfeed Your Baby
There are countless benefits to breastfeeding your baby, both for you and your newborn. These benefits include infant’s increased immunity to illness because of the antibodies in breast milk, lowered risk of ovarian cancer for breastfeeding mothers, and assurance of the correct percentage of proper nutrients for your baby. If you have questions about breastfeeding, wonder why you should breast-feed, or are currently breastfeeding in need of support, see the following links for more information.
Benefits of Breastfeeding
Read about the benefits of breastfeeding on this Women's Health site sponsored by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
Breastfeeding: A Mother’s Gift
Breastfeeding: A Mother’s Gift offers a thorough overview of breastfeeding basics for moms.
Encourage, Support & Protect Breastfeeding
This organization educates breastfeeding mothers and promotes breastfeeding worldwide.
Breastfeeding Topics
These resources and weblinks for breastfeeding mothers include information on federal and state policies on breastfeeding.