Breastfeeding 1-2-3 » leukemia http://www.blisstree.com/breastfeeding123 Breastfeeding 1-2-3: A Blog for Breastfeeding Tips and Support Thu, 24 Dec 2009 18:57:30 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 A Toddler with Leukemia http://www.blisstree.com/breastfeeding123/a-toddler-with-leukemia/ http://www.blisstree.com/breastfeeding123/a-toddler-with-leukemia/#comments Wed, 23 Apr 2008 00:12:06 +0000 Angela White, J.D., breastfeeding counselor http://www.breastfeeding123.com/a-toddler-with-leukemia/ Post from: Breastfeeding 1-2-3

]]> Cancer is the topic for this month’s theme day here at the Health and Wellness Channel at b5media. I have written a lot about how breastfeeding reduces the risk of breast cancer and ovarian cancer in the mother. This time I want to focus on cancer and the breastfed infant. The good news is that breastfeeding reduces the risk that a child will develop leukemia. Unfortunately, it can still happen. In that case, imagine what comfort a child with cancer could take from nursing at his mother’s breast, not to mention the potential benefit of the promising anti-cancer properties of breast milk.

Jonathan is a two-and-a-half year old nursling with leukemia. You can read his story here. Start with the “my story” page then follow his current progress in the family’s “journal.” Before you go, make sure to leave a supportive comment in “guestbook.”

Can you imagine if a nursing toddler were denied the comfort of breastfeeding during treatment? Remember the controversy over the Ronald McDonald House policy on breastfeeding in public?

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