http://www.blisstree.com/breastfeeding123/breastfeeding-helps-protect-mothers-from-heart-attacks/ Breastfeeding 1-2-3: A Blog for Breastfeeding Tips and Support Fri, 11 Dec 2009 20:09:44 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://www.blisstree.com/breastfeeding123/breastfeeding-helps-protect-mothers-from-heart-attacks/comment-page-1/#comment-539 Breastfeeding 1-2-3 » Wyoming Legislation Proceeds with Revisions Fri, 16 Feb 2007 22:55:38 +0000 http://www.breastfeeding123.com/breastfeeding-helps-protect-mothers-from-heart-attacks/#comment-539 [...] It’s disappointing that businesses fail to recognize that breastfeeding not only benefits babies but benefits nursing mothers and their employers! Breastfeeding protects a mother’s health in many ways (I just wrote about how it reduces a mother’s risk of heart attack) and because breastfed babies are sick less often than bottle-fed babies, nursing mothers do not require as much time off work to care for sick children. Providing reasonable work breaks and a comfortable place to nurse benefits employers by providing a positive work environment and reducing absenteeism. Also, let’s not forget the simple fact that a happy mother is a good employee! Legislation shouldn’t be required to help employers realize that fact and it’s shameful that even when such legislation is proposed it is shot down by business lobbyists. [...] [...] It’s disappointing that businesses fail to recognize that breastfeeding not only benefits babies but benefits nursing mothers and their employers! Breastfeeding protects a mother’s health in many ways (I just wrote about how it reduces a mother’s risk of heart attack) and because breastfed babies are sick less often than bottle-fed babies, nursing mothers do not require as much time off work to care for sick children. Providing reasonable work breaks and a comfortable place to nurse benefits employers by providing a positive work environment and reducing absenteeism. Also, let’s not forget the simple fact that a happy mother is a good employee! Legislation shouldn’t be required to help employers realize that fact and it’s shameful that even when such legislation is proposed it is shot down by business lobbyists. [...]

]]> http://www.blisstree.com/breastfeeding123/breastfeeding-helps-protect-mothers-from-heart-attacks/comment-page-1/#comment-530 A Hearty Life » Breastfeeding Good for the Heart Thu, 15 Feb 2007 13:56:47 +0000 http://www.breastfeeding123.com/breastfeeding-helps-protect-mothers-from-heart-attacks/#comment-530 [...] New Scientist reports from a meeting of the Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine in San Francisco that mothers who breastfeed for a total of at least two years have a 19% lower risk of having a heart attack. Angela at Breastfeeding 1-2-3 has more on breastfeeding and its effect on heart disease. [...] [...] New Scientist reports from a meeting of the Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine in San Francisco that mothers who breastfeed for a total of at least two years have a 19% lower risk of having a heart attack. Angela at Breastfeeding 1-2-3 has more on breastfeeding and its effect on heart disease. [...]

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