Your family doctor may want you to give your baby vitamin drops if your baby is dark-skinned or seldom gets out in the sunlight. Breast milk may prevent allergies or asthma when your child is older. Breast feeding also lowers your risk of getting breast cancer later in your life. Yes, you can breast feed Almost any mother can learn to breast feed. Women who work outside the home can breast feed, too.
Some women take breaks at work to pump their breasts.
They store the milk in a refrigerator and take it home after work. That milk can be used later in a bottle. These women can pump their breasts ahead of time so a baby sitter can feed the baby from a bottle. Some mothers with jobs breast feed their baby only during their maternity leave. Even a few weeks of breast feeding gives babies many of the benefits of breast milk.