Women are more brave if breastfeeding

When threatened, the bravery level of nursing mothers is greater than that of nursing mothers or unborn babies.

Livescience said, Jennifer Hahn-Holbrook, an expert at the University of California in the US, found that when bears and many other animals feed their babies, they become more aggressive when they or themselves are threatened. She said that the same trend also occurred in people.

'Nursing mothers will not actively engage with others, but if someone threatens them or their child, their willingness to use violence to fight back will be higher than those who do not. Breastfeeding , 'Hahn-Holbrook said.

Hahn-Holbrook's team recruited 35 nursing mothers from 3 to 6 months of age and 20 unborn babies to perform a test. 18 people in the nursing mothers group, the rest raised their babies with formula. Experts require all 55 women in turn to make a competitive game on the computer. In the game their opponents perform many provocative acts.

If a woman wins, they will be allowed to press a button to create long and loud sounds - an act of aggression.

The results show that the sound that breast-feeding mothers produce has a volume and time that is twice as high as the sounds of the other mothers.

The team found that the blood pressure of breastfeeding mothers decreased before joining the game compared to others. Their blood pressure is also lower during play.

According to the research team, the lower the blood pressure, the lower the level of human anxiety (and fear). The lower the level of anxiety, the more courageous women become when protecting themselves and their children.

'Breastfeeding brings many benefits to children's health and immunity, but it seems that breastfeeding also benefits the mother. It not only helps mothers relieve the stress of raising children, but also brings the courage needed for women to protect themselves and their children , 'commented Hahn-Holbrook.

Hahn-Holbrook's experiment was performed with a small group. So she and her colleagues will repeat the experiment with a much larger number of people to see if there are any differences in the results.

'It seems that the creature has used breastfeeding in animals to increase the mother's courage in protecting her children. We should remember that, before dummies and powdered milk were born, all mothers on earth fed their babies , ' concluded Hahn-Holbrook.