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THEA MARIE KLINGER

LIQUID GOLD

DENMARK

2020

BREASTMILK IS ONE OF THEGREAT INVENTIONS OF NATURE: IT’S THE PERFECT MIXTURE OF WHAT NEWBORNS NEED,CONTAINING VITAMINS, ENZYMES, AND ANTIBODIES AMONG MANY OTHER INGREDIENTS. IT’SA COMBINATION THAT SUPPORTS THE CHILDREN NOT ONLY AS BABIES BUT WILL INCREASETHEIR HEALTH IN A LONG RANGE, FOR INSTANCE BY PROTECTING THEM FROM OBESITY ANDDIABETES LATER IN THEIR LIVES.

OTHER THAN THAT,BREASTFEEDING ALSO HELPS THE MOTHERS TO STAY HEALTHY. MOTHERS WHO AREBREASTFEEDING WILL HAVE A LOWER RISK OF GETTING BREAST AND OVARIAN CANCER ANDPOSTPARTUM DEPRESSION. BECAUSE BREASTMILK IS SO PRECIOUS AND NUTRITIOUS SOMEPEOPLE CALL IT: LIQUID GOLD.

MANY MOTHERS BOND DEEPLYWITH THEIR CHILDREN WHEN BREASTFEEDING.

BUT BESIDES HAVING IT AS ABEAUTIFUL MOMENT OF LOVE AND INTIMACY, IT CAN ALSO BECOME A TIRESOME JOURNEY.DIFFICULTIES CAN OCCUR: SORE NIPPLES, A POOR LATCH OR MASTITIS (THEINFLAMMATION OF THE BREAST) ARE QUITE COMMON PHENOMENA.  MOTHERS WHOEXPERIENCE TROUBLES WITH BREASTFEEDING, CAN HAVE A HARD TIME BELIEVING INTHEMSELVES AS GOOD MOTHERS - FINDING HELPFUL INFORMATION AND LETTING GO OFEXPECTATIONS TOWARDS THEMSELVES IN SUCH A SITUATION CAN BE CHALLENGING.

LIQUID GOLD SHOWS THE DIFFERENTEXPERIENCES MOTHERS WENT THROUGH WHEN BREASTFEEDING THEIR CHILDREN. THE MOTHERSSHARE NOT ONLY THE BEAUTY AND MAGIC OF IT, BUT ALSO THE STRUGGLES THEY HAD TOFACE.