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Breastfeeding is known to provide a wide range of potential health benefits for babies. But what about for moms?
A new study found that women with gestational diabetes (GD) who consistently breastfed their babies for several months after giving birth were half as likely to develop type 2 diabetes within two years as women who didn't breastfeed.
"Both the level and duration of breastfeeding may offer unique benefits to women during the post-delivery period for protection against development of type 2 diabetes after gestational diabetes pregnancy," said lead study author Erica P. Gunderson, PhD, MPH, an epidemiologist at Kaiser Permanente, in a press release.
