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 * In one study in the US Northwest, where 95% of women, regardless of
 financial status, began breastfeeding at birth, and, at 6 weeks
 post-partum, 85% of them were still breastfeeding, it is informative to
 look at the 15% of women who were not breastfeeding. The mothers who
 were not breastfeeding at six weeks were 38 times more likely to have
 been reported to be in an abusive family situation than were mothers who
 were breastfeeding at six weeks. Indeed, of the 611 families where the
 mother was still breastfeeding at six weeks, only one family (0.2%) had
 any prior history of domestic violence reported, whereas, of the 113
 women who never initiated breastfeeding or who had stopped breastfeeding
 by six weeks, there were seven families (6.2%) where domestic violence
 or child had been previously noted. (Acheson L, Arch Fam Med 4:650-52.
 1995)
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Im confused, since it says PRIOR history, does that mean that breastfeeding
is less likely to be inititiated or maintained in a home where abuse existed
before the baby, or that breastfeeding has some protective effect against
abuse?
Judy LeVan Fram, not likely to be thinking clearly at this hour...:)

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