11 Facts You Didn’t Know About Brea5tfeeding

1. Who needs the gym? The metabolic energy needed to Brea5tfeed a baby each day is the amount you’d use to walk seven miles.

2. It’s not always easy to learn, but it is instinctual. Newborns held skin-to-skin in the first hour or two after birth may push their way toward mom’s Brea5t and start feeding on their own.

3. Liquid gold. Human milk is sold on the Internet for $4 per ounce. That’s about 262 times the price of oil.

4. You’re probably a righty. Almost three-quarters of moms produce more milk with their right Brea5t (and it has nothing to do with being right-handed).