http://www.kristiemcnealy.com/breastfeeding-reduces-breast-cancer-risk/ Healthy Living at Home Wed, 17 Mar 2010 06:07:33 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 http://www.kristiemcnealy.com/breastfeeding-reduces-breast-cancer-risk/comment-page-1/#comment-1847 Kristie Thu, 31 Jan 2008 16:18:35 +0000 http://www.kristiemcnealy.com/breastfeeding-reduces-breast-cancer-risk/#comment-1847 Thanks for leaving a comment! I totally agree that there area lot of bad studies and incorrect conclusions out there in the world of research. The benefit of this study, is that it put together data from 98 smaller studies. Nothing is perfect, but combining this with the known benefits of breastfeeding will hopefully be a motivator for more women. I'm breastfeeding #3 right now, and it isn't always easy, but I think it's best for both of us - and far less expensive than buying formula! Thanks for leaving a comment! I totally agree that there area lot of bad studies and incorrect conclusions out there in the world of research. The benefit of this study, is that it put together data from 98 smaller studies. Nothing is perfect, but combining this with the known benefits of breastfeeding will hopefully be a motivator for more women. I’m breastfeeding #3 right now, and it isn’t always easy, but I think it’s best for both of us – and far less expensive than buying formula!

]]> http://www.kristiemcnealy.com/breastfeeding-reduces-breast-cancer-risk/comment-page-1/#comment-1845 Piper Thu, 31 Jan 2008 11:54:32 +0000 http://www.kristiemcnealy.com/breastfeeding-reduces-breast-cancer-risk/#comment-1845 I think it's hard for a lot of people to do things because of some statistic that says it will reduce the odds of getting a certain kind of cancer. It seems like there's a new "x prevents y" study every day, and a lot of the times you later find out that there isn't much truth to it/the study wasn't constructed well enough to draw such strong conclusions/etc. I had a friend who was so sure that she was going to breasfeed for at least 6-8 months, but doing it made it really hard for her to feel at all sexual and her husband was starting to get really irritable. She was buying formula before she even hit the 2 month mark. I think it’s hard for a lot of people to do things because of some statistic that says it will reduce the odds of getting a certain kind of cancer. It seems like there’s a new “x prevents y” study every day, and a lot of the times you later find out that there isn’t much truth to it/the study wasn’t constructed well enough to draw such strong conclusions/etc. I had a friend who was so sure that she was going to breasfeed for at least 6-8 months, but doing it made it really hard for her to feel at all sexual and her husband was starting to get really irritable. She was buying formula before she even hit the 2 month mark.

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