Convenience is another breast feeding advantage. You'll find it much easier to curl up with your baby to breast-feed than to worry about mixing formula. The best time to start breast-feeding is right after the baby is born. Babies are born with a sucking reflex, which is most powerful about thirty minutes after birth. Putting the baby to the breast soon after birth also helps the baby learn about one feeding system - yours.
Many mothers express their milk using breast pumps.
The milk is frozen and can be used later. In this way, even dad can breast feed the baby. Learning to breast-feed may be a challenge. There may be some fumbling at first. Sore nipples can be prevented by releasing suction before removing the baby.