13 (AWESOME!) Evidence-Based Reasons to Breastfeed
Breastfeeding truly is the best feeding! And if you needed any more reason to think so, here are some wonderful research-based and perhaps less well-known reasons to breastfeed!! If you have other ideas please share them in the comments below!! 1. Breastfeeding can decrease your risk of breast cancer. This is a BIG one that I think we need to talk about more! Preventing breast cancer is better than having to treat it!! A large meta-analysis of 47 epidemiological studies from 30 countries found a 4.3% (95% CI 2.9-5.8) decreased risk of breast cancer for every 12 months of breastfeeding. Breastfeeding two children for two years each could conceivably reduce your risk of breast cancer by over 17%. [ PubMed ] (1) 2. And Ovarian Cancer. A meta-analysis found that the risk of epithelial ovarian cancer decreased 8% for every 5-month increase in the duration of breastfeeding (RR: 0.92; 95% CI: 0.90, 0.95). [ PubMed ] (2) 3. Breastfeeding will save you ov...