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Becoming a mother brings with it the joy of motherhood and the responsibility of your young one. With the new feelings and experiences new mothers go through, they are sure to receive a lot of advice. While everyone advices new mothers on how best to raise their baby, what to feed their baby, dos and don'ts etc. 

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what they often miss is giving explanation on how breastfeeding benefits not only the baby but the mother as well. Yes! You read it right. You probably don't know that breast milk in addition to providing nutritional benefits to the baby provides a lot of health benefits to the mother as well. 

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1.    It helps in reducing the blood loss that typically occurs post-delivery
2.    There is no need to be worried about losing weight they gained during pregnancy. Breast- feeding helps shed those extra kilos and coming back to the original waist line. Women tend to burn extra 300-500 calories a day, while breastfeeding, that helps them lose pregnancy weight.
3.    Nursing your baby decreases the risk of breast, ovarian and uterine cancer.
4.    Helps reduce the occurrence of heart problems such as high blood pressure, diabetes and high cholesterol that affect women in equal measures. Studies have shown that women who breast fed their babies regularly are at a lower risk of heart disease.
5.    Breast-feeding acts as a natural contraceptive. It helps in child spacing.
6.   And the best part about breast-feeding is the bond it creates between the mother and the child. 

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Knowing this the following points may be further helpful to know: 

1.    Babies should be exclusively breast fed for a period of 6 months. Exclusive breast feeding means that the baby should be fed only mother's milk and no other food including water. Medications however are an exception to this rule. This has been advised globally by leading organizations in health care.
2. Introducing complementary feeds at 6 months while continuing to breast feed for 2 years and beyond.

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