@kyleeak Here’s the authors’ plain language summary of the study:
“Exclusive breastfeeding for six months (versus three to four months, with continued mixed breastfeeding thereafter) reduces gastrointestinal infection and helps the mother lose weight and prevent pregnancy but has no long‐term...
@terrywinkle There is research that the magnitude of benefits from breastfeeding have been over exaggerated in recent years. There is also a lot of pseudoscience-y mom-shaming-y info on the internet about how breastfeeding is the only responsible way to feed your baby and it’s tough to wade...