One of her closing statements is that the benefits of funding a scheme for more than 18 weeks would not be worth the additional costs of forgone spending on other areas such as health and child care. Breastfeeding is Preventive Medicine. It is proven to reduce the risk of Ovarian Cancer, Breast Cancer, Osteoporosis, Type 2 Diabetes, Hypertension, Stroke, Hyperlipidemia and Cardiovascular disease in Mothers. In Infants, it provides protection for the intestinal lining, protects against common colds, fever and serious illness. It protects against respiratory infections, ear infections, diarrhoea, UTI’s, sepsis, rotavirus and meningitis. It lowers the risk of breast cancer, chronic and autoimmune diseases, hypertension, high cholesterol, heart disease and asthma. And that is only the beginning!

So if breastfeeding provides all of that amazing goodness, how is it not worth the investment.