How many people actually end up breastfeeding their babies?
I’ve never heard actual statistics on how many people breast feed. And No, this isn’t meant as a debate, and I know there are many reasons why women must quit or want to quit or never do at all. I’m really just curious. What percentage of moms are still breast feeding at, say, one month, four months, six months?
As of 2003:
In hospital 70% of women breastfed
At 6 months, only 36% of women were still breastfeeding
At a year, only 17%
At 18 months, only 5 %
http://www.kellymom.com/writings/bf-numbers.html#usa
The CDC today reported that in 2004, nearly 74% of U.S. moms began breastfeeding their newborns, about 42% breastfed their 6-month-olds, and 21% breastfed their 1-year-olds.
http://www.webmd.com/parenting/news/20070802/breastfeeding-statistics-up-says-cdc?src=RSS_PUBLIC
The numbers seem to be going up slightly, but you can see how many moms give up… that drop from how many started breastfeeding in the hospital compared to how many were still breastfeeding at 6 months, is huge.
The numbers are even lower if you only count moms who exclusively breastfeed… these statistics include moms who might have supplemented with formula.
Why should you have your baby at home?
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