Disadvantages of breast feeding
Considering the above title there is no
agreement about if there are actual disadvantages or side effects to breast
feeding in general , but we can consider a group of risk factors that is
associated with breast feeding :
1-Transmission
of infections as the
TORCH infections from the mother to the baby through the
breast milk , these infections can be manifested by various presentation in the
baby in the first years of life as mental retardation , small head and
convulsions . 
2-Transmission
of drugs as it may almost all the drugs are contraindicated as those which suppress
the immune system of the baby and the mother .
3-Prolonged
breastfeeding with out supplementation of other types of food beyond the age of
about 6 months is great risk to the baby , as there are many requirements will
not be covered by breast milk at this age . Surely it can not be considered as a side effect but
it is a point which must be pot into consideration in breast feeding .
4-Breast
milk jaundice : which is discoloration of the skin and the mucous membranes due
breast milk , there are many theories which can explain the process the most
accepted one is infrequent breastfeeding which affects the entero-hepatic circulation
leading to accumulation of the bilirubin In the baby , so the trearment in this
condition is frequent breastfeeding .
5-Unknown
intake of the breast milk
6-Less flexible
as other family members can not participate in the process of breast milk
intake .
7-Many mothers complains from emotional upset as
they can not provide the needs to their babies . For more about the advantages
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