That’s correct. And the first breast milk is called colostrum. Colostrum has many prebiotic and immune system benefits. Children not fed mother’s milk have more health problems. Some even think autism is correlated with children not having been breast fed. So natural birth and natural nutrition has huge benefits for the future health of babies.
“And the first breast milk is called colostrum.”
Right. We saw an OLD Law & Order episode just last night where the colostrum was discussed at length.
Colostrum also coats and helps seal the infant’s digestive tract which helps down the road.
The sad part is, people like me who were born in the better living through chemistry/formula is better than breast milk era and were never breastfed.
And there’s no going back to undo the damage.
I wonder if I’m be having the struggles with my diet I’m experiencing if I had the benefit of being breastfed.
Realizing that is why I chose to breastfeed all my kids.