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    Breastfeeding offers a range of benefits for your and your child. Do you know what they are?

    1. Breastfed children are less likely to have:
    2. Besides protecting your child against disease, what is another advantage of breastfeeding?
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    Online Medical Reviewer: Burtner, Michele, CNM
    Online Medical Reviewer: Freeborn, Donna, PhD, CNM, FNP
    Online Medical Reviewer: Trevino, Heather, RN
    Date Last Reviewed: 9/1/2022
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    Southern New Mexico
    Surgery Center
    2301 Indian Wells Rd. Suite B
    Alamogordo, NM 88310
    www.snmsc.org

    Phone: 575.437.0890
    Fax: 575.437.0905
    Email: info@snmsc.org

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