Familiarize yourself with the many benefits of breastfeeding/chestfeeding, including those for the baby, mother, family, the environment and society.
Resources
- Breastfeeding/chestfeeding basics
Steps to getting started and guidelines for the first 48 hours. - Breastfeeding/chestfeeding - HealthlinkBC
Information on the benefits of breastfeeding/chestfeeding your baby and how to know your baby is getting enough. - Videos on breastfeeding/chestfeeding - Healthy Families BC
Videos on breastfeeding/chestfeeding including skin to skin, latch and positioning, hunger cues, hand expression, pumping, and other topics. - Breastfeeding/chestfeeding information for parents
An interactive online Ontario resource on breastfeeding/chestfeeding for parents. - Amazing milk - La Leche League Canada
Information on various positive impacts of breastfeeding/chestfeeding. - Ten great reasons to breastfeed/chestfeed your baby - Public Health Agency of Canada
Learn ten great reasons to breastfeed/chestfeed your baby. - Breastfeeding/chestfeeding and the environment - La Leche League Great Britain
Breastfeeding/chestfeeding is one of the best ways to protect both our planet’s ecosystems and our health. - Nutrition for healthy term infants: recommendations from birth to six months - Health Canada
Joint statement on infant feeding by Health Canada, Canadian Pediatric Society, Dieticians of Canada and Breastfeeding Committee for Canada. - Infant nutrition in Western Pacific (who.int)
Review their recommendation on infant feeding.