No, it's not close to 55-75% who breastfeed and avoid the risks, it's close  
to 55-75% who initiate breastfeeding and then down to the 14-38% give up very  
quickly (these were not mums who were surveyed in the study but I think 
there's  some relevence in extrapolating in this very waffly way!) Breastfeeding 
being  "nice" just does not cut it when there are so many pressures to wean. 
 
Dear Friends:
    Karleen's post contains the above point. I have  noted mothers to wean 
when they are overwhelmed and/or seeking some control in  their lives. If she 
has to leave her baby early to return to employment, if she  has already some 
babies at home, if she has little or no help at home (meaning  that she lacks a 
village)...............she may choose to wean because it is the  only choice 
she has to me. She can't choose to get rid of the older  babies,  she can't 
choose to stay home because she has to earn money, and  she can choose to wean.
    warmly,
 
Nikki Lee RN, MS, Mother of 2, IBCLC, CCE
Maternal-Child Adjunct  Faculty Union Institute and University
Film Reviews Editor, Journal of Human  Lactation
www.breastfeedingalwaysbest.com

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