Breastfeeding sleep

Breast-feeding is good for both; the new mothers and their babies. Breastfeeding, besides being the optimal source of nutrition for your baby in the very first year, nursing has obvious psychological benefits for both mother and the baby. At birth, infants see only 12 to 15 inches, which is the distance between a nursing baby and its mother's face. Studies have found that infants as young as 1 week start preferring the smell of their own mother's milk.
Many psychologists firmly believe that the nursing baby enjoys the sense of security from the warmth and presence of the mother, especially when there's skin-to-skin contact during feeding. Parents who bottle-feed their babies may tempt to prop bottles in the baby's mouth i.e. no human contact during feeding; but a nursing mother ought to cuddle her infant closely several times during the day. Nursing becomes a source of warmth and comfort; more than just a way to feed the baby.
It is quite intrinsic and natural that a baby quickly falls asleep if, is fed this way. When you know pretty well that how much your infant can consume in one feeding, try to gently nudge her awake if she falls asleep too soon or else she’ll get hungry sooner and you’ll be feeding more often. You can easily awake your baby with a little tickle of the feet.
Moreover it is much easier for a nursing mother to lose the pounds of pregnancy as well, since nursing uses up extra calories. Lactation also stimulates the uterus to contract back to its original size. A nursing mother is forced to get needed rest and she must do it so. She must sit down, put her feet up, and relax every few hours to nurse. Nursing during the night is easy as well as if she is lying down; a mother can doze while she nurses.