Breast feeding in public



Introduction

Health has always been the major concern for people belonging to ages all kinds. But the major concern is related to the heath care issues of infants that is related with their mothers breastfeeding. A mother who feed their babies with their milk that is produced after these mothers get pregnant is very essential for the baby's health as well as for the mother's heath (Ip & Stanley, 2007). A mother breastfeeding her baby within the boundaries of the house is not an issue here at all. The issue that has taken some serious turns is regarding the breastfeeding of mothers to their babies in public. This issue has been defended as well as people have stood against it. This matter has been in the limelight for some time and had been controversial as well but in the end, it was the mothers who got won on this issue and were allowed to breastfeed their infants in public.

Discussion

Why do breastfeeding

Breastfeeding has been always done since the birth of the mankind. In early days, it was the only primary source of feeding the infants that could not chew or swallow some other eatable or drinkable thing. As this was the primary source for the nourishment of the baby, these babies, when grew up, proved to be much healthier to those babies who were fed on some other source mainly beside mother's milk. This proved that mother's milk plays a very important role in the future health building of the child. Further scientific research in recent era has proved the importance and benefits of breastfeeding of the child. Infact, more broadly, these researches have also signified the importance of breastfeeding for mothers. There are many diseases that could be avoided if mothers feed their mother's milk to their babies for specified time duration. For this reason, World Health Organization (WHO) has supported this act of mothers to feed their infants and have recommended that mothers should feed their babies for at least a period of two years. Through this nursing, children's can be protected from many diseases such as infections and allergies that occur in ear, respiration and some gastrointestinal problems as well.

Breastfeeding and mothers health

As mentioned earlier, breastfeeding is not only healthy for the child's health, but it is also very important for the mothers own health. Mother's milk starts generating when a female gets pregnant and her body experiences some major hormonal changes due to expecting a birth of child. After the baby has been born, the process of feeding the baby starts that is the initial source for providing initial source of required nourishment to the baby. Mother also gets protected from many other diseases that include lowering the risk of ovarian and breast cancer and osteoporosis.

Benefits of breastfeeding in public.

The core reason for writing this essay is to highlight the benefits of breastfeeding of children's by their mothers in public. This issue has been raised previously by those who are not in favor ...