> I believe the second part of this is there is an increase in breast cancer
> for woman that have their first baby after 40. Look for this as the next
> study " Woman breastfeeding their 1st baby in their 40's have a higher risk
> of breast cancer."

You don't have to wait for the next study... They're already saying it here:

http://www.ottawacitizen.com:80/national/990727/2653645.html

The pertinent paragraph:

"The emerging consensus is that if you breastfeed early in life, it is
prophylactic (protective) against breast cancer." That covers women who
breastfeed by their early twenties. But a woman who breastfeeds for the
first time in her late thirties or later can raise the risk. The risk for
women who never breastfeed ranks in between the other two groups.

They also say:

"Breast tissue is differentiated at the time of puberty. So it starts to
grow and it becomes breast tissue," Ms. Wynne-Edwards says. "It also changes
when you use it to nurse. Ask any woman who has (nursed a baby) and she'll
say her breasts just aren't the same afterward.

All I can say is... these people are supposedly experts in their field.
Doesn't it bother them to say such stupid things in public where everyone
can see?

Marie H., whose dh is a SAHD
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