I Heard If You Don T Breastfeed
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I heard somewhere that if you don't br___tfeed you raise your risks of getting br___t cancer in the future. This has me seriously freaked out, because as soon as I have my baby, I have to get back on medication I was taking before I got pregnant - therefore, I will not be able to br___tfeed. Does anyone know if there is truth to this?
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 | Kim - November 3 |
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My Aunt had 4 kids, and didn't b___stfeed any of them. And she is totally fine. I have heard that too, but I don't know if they've done any studies on it. If I come across any more info, I'll let you know.
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Not b___stfeeding doesn't raise the risk, but b___stfeeding lowers it.
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I agree with jamie. Breast feeding only lowers your risks if you nurse for at least 25 months in your life. Not 25 months straight with one child but counting all months nursing all your children. I'm sure of this. I have a close friend who has been battling cancer. She has 3 children all bf and is working on a 4th. She always wanted a big family and is hoping the bfing will help lower her chances of b___st cancer.
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My non-professional, non-medical thought is - cancer is abnormal cell growth, right? Breasts are composed of mammary glands; b___stfeeding "excercises" those glands, and flushes old cells out, causing continual regeneration...keeping the cells healthier, so cancer is less likely to form. Make sense to anyone else?
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 | jw - November 5 |
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you're totally fine - yes, Jamie, you make sense - b___stfeeding lowers your chances of getting cancer (so studies have shown) but not doing so will NOT make you more likely to get cancer. in fact, being pregnant and having a baby helps lower your chances as well. don't worry! b___stfeeding doesn't work for everyone and that's okay.
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