Convenience: no mixing
or measuring formula
Effective, free postpartum
contraception for 3 to 6 months (98% to 99.5% effective if
you continue to not have periods)
Free source of nutrition
Produces no waste
Promotes postpartum healing
Minimizes medical expenses
Reduces parental absences from work
due to child's illnesses
Lowers risk of ovarian cancer and
premenopausal breast cancer in mother
Enhances mother-baby
relationship
Superior
nutrition
Better brain development
Reduced risk of necrotizing
enterocolitis (a life-threatening intestinal infection)
especially in premature infants
Reduced risk of sudden infant death
syndrome
Increased resistance to other
infections such as otitis media (ear infections) and
diarrheal disease
Fewer allergies
Fewer stomach upsets
Lower risk of cancers
Emotional security and improved
developmental outcome