Advantages for the newborn
Lower incidence of following conditions:
	Allergies and asthma
	Bacteremia and meningitis
	Botulism
	Childhood lymphoma
	Chronic constipation
	Diabetes
	Gastrointestinal infections
	Infantile eczema
	Inflammatory bowel disease
	Iron deficiency anemia
	Lower respiratory tract infection
	Necrotizing enterocolitis
	Otitis media
	Sudden infant death syndrome
	Urinary tract infection
Increased IQ scores later in childhood
Enhanced neurodevelopmental performance
Advantages for the mother
Delayed ovulation resulting in increased child spacing
Earlier return to prepregnancy weight
Increased bone density resulting in lower postmenopausal fracture rate
Less postpartum bleeding
Lower incidence of ovarian cancer
Lower incidence of premenopausal breast cancer
Advantages to society and family
Economic savings from cost of purchasing infant formula
Reduced employee absenteeism related to child illnesses
Reduced health care costs from fewer physician and hospital visits