Breastfeeding Improves Lung Function
Friday, November 21st, 2008Researchers from the University of Southampton and the College of Veterinary Medicine in Michigan State University have found that the physical effort of sucking milk during nursing may leave babies with stronger lungs as they grow up.
In a 10 year study of 1,456 babies they found that children who had been breastfed for at least 4 months had stronger lung function in later childhood. A third of the children were breastfed for at least 4 months, and on average, these children could blow out more air after taking a deep breath, and could blo it out faster.
This was the case regardless of whether their mother was asthmatic or suffered from allegies.
Yet one more reason to breastfeed!
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About me: Im Laura, mother of 1 and founder of real nappy store Fill Your Pants. I became addicted to real nappies after living in the USA where the real nappy (or diaper!) community is thriving and quickly realised that I wanted to bring some of that enthusiam back with me to the UK!
This is depressing! my son had a real bad tongue tie and couldn’t latch on. I had to wait a month for an appointment to get it cut. By then he was on formula an my milk was dry. He now as asthma.
I feel if they had done it within the week of his birth I would be breast feeding and would have had postnatal depression (I really beat myself up over not breast feeding and still do).
You cant beat yourself up about that Emma- they should have treated him earlier.
You know, its never actually too late to relactate though- heck some women can even produce milk when they havent even had a baby! (adoptions etc)
If it really does upset you to such a degree maybe you should look at relactation- I know it is far from easy, and very very hard work but might be worth a try?