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Breastfeeding
? BFP 11/20/10 hb 12/14/10 natural m/c 12/25/10 at 8w3d ?
? BFP 9/18/11 DD born 5/17/12 at 38w3d ?
Fateful appt. 2/11: Saline sono - polyp; thyroid nodule; mycoplasma/ureaplasma STD found & treated ? 3/17/11: Hysteroscopy to remove polyp ? Total thyroidectomy (papillary carcinoma) 4/4/11; RAI 5/9/11
Cancer killed! 5/19/11
Medical green-light to TTC 8/15/11..BFP 9/18/11! <a href="http://s24.photobucket.com/albums/c13/mmperea/Decorated images/?action=view
Why do so many women stop at 6 months?
Is this even a fact?
My friend implied that I was a bit crazy for planning to continue to breastfeed until N is a year old... We do live in different areas of the country and have different sorts of colleagues, so I'm not sure if it is just a difference in cultural expectation?
Is there a huge medical reason why it's really good to go to 6 months and only incrementally better to go to 1 year?
(I do completely understand working moms stopping pumping at 6 months. It's a pain in the a$$. I'm not trying to criticize those who make this decision, I'm just really curious as to why 6 months seems to be a magic cutoff. Though I guess a year is rather arbitrary as well...)
? BFP 11/20/10 hb 12/14/10 natural m/c 12/25/10 at 8w3d ?
? BFP 9/18/11 DD born 5/17/12 at 38w3d ?
Fateful appt. 2/11: Saline sono - polyp; thyroid nodule; mycoplasma/ureaplasma STD found & treated ? 3/17/11: Hysteroscopy to remove polyp ? Total thyroidectomy (papillary carcinoma) 4/4/11; RAI 5/9/11
Cancer killed! 5/19/11
Medical green-light to TTC 8/15/11..BFP 9/18/11! <a href="http://s24.photobucket.com/albums/c13/mmperea/Decorated images/?action=view