There is something you can feed your newborn to enhance his or her
brain development, improve his or her cognitive development, and
increase his or her IQ score. This food also contains immunities to
diseases and aids in the development of his or her immune system. It is
also known to promote bonding between the mother and child. In
addition, providing this food has benefits to the mother as well. This
food is human breast milk.

Ray and I were blessed to have an evening with
only Olivia in the house. As I prepared our dinner, I was so excited to
have alone time with him that I lit a candle and placed it on our
dinner table.

I had been thinking often of my body lately and how I have aged and changed.

You see, I have borne 7 children and have been breastfeeding off and
on for 22 years. Sadly, when I was a young, prenant woman, I had no
concept of nutrition or what I neded to do to keep a good body after
pregnancy. My only concept was EAT FOR 2, which I fully enjoyed and
overdid.

SER, written July, 1999

T. Dean Adams, “Writing Your Life as A Woman”

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