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As my husband and I were discussing the exciting-yet-frightening prospect of purchasing our first home a couple of months ago, I cheerfully pointed out to him the fact that I have contributed significantly to the family’s savings this past year by breastfeeding our one-year-old son. After a bit of a chuckle, I stated again (because I like to feel smug and self-satisfied), “No, seriously. I’ve saved us a lot of money. In fact, breastfeeding should be listed as one of those ‘Top Ten Ways to Save Money in this Crappy Economy.’”

Read more: Breastfeeding: Nature's Magic Money Saver

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When I began breastfeeding I had no time table for how long I would breastfeed, other than wanting to be able to breastfeed. Of all people to broach the topic, it was my brother in law at Christmas, who first mentioned length of breastfeeding.

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A new study into the link between breast cancer and breastfeeding provides new evidence as to why breastfeeding is especially important for women with a family history of breast cancer.

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Infections of the breast are very rare during pregnancy but unfortunately they are more frequent after delivery and during lactation or breastfeeding. It's safe to breastfeed your baby during common illnesses such as colds and flu. But it depends on what is causing the cold or flu symptoms. If, for example, the cause is a cytomegalovirus. Breastfeeding will be dangerous to the baby.

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It has become a myth in our “quick fix society” that swapping breastfeeding for bottlefeeding fixes colic –  a near sighted solution, which medicates the problem with formula rather than assisting and a supporting a mother to keep with breastfeeding. Studies show there is no statistical difference in the chance of developing colic between breast-fed babies and formula-fed babies, meaning swapping breast milk for a breast milk substitute will not necessarily ease the distress.

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In The Best Breastfeeding Advice, I shared the three pearls of wisdom an old friend incidentally shared with me while I was pregnant, which helped me through my early weeks of breastfeeding.

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Sometimes the best advice we ever get is not immediately recognisable as “advice.” Sometimes the best information we’re given does not come from books or TV or from people we immediately think of as “experts”. Sometimes the wisdom which keeps us solid during the moments of despair are those freely shared by those who love and know us best. I realise now when I think of a simple story once shared with me by an old friend and how the wisdom in it became the bedrock of my early breastfeeding experience.

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Sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) remains the leading cause of death in the first year of life in the developed world. Around 50 babies in every 100,000 die each year in the US from SIDS. The risk of death from SIDS is greatest between the ages of one month and four months though babies as young as one week and old as two years have died from SIDS. New research from Germany may provide parents with an additional tool in the fight to protect babies from unexpected sleep related death.

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This is the second part of my diary entry from June 2007 and focuses on our last feed and the emotional fall out for us all when breastfeeding ended.

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It is two years today since I last breastfeed my son.  I decided his third birthday was the cut off point. While I would have liked to have gone another year, the need to reclaim my body and my space had got to a point where breastfeeding had become challenging for me. I was also mindful of the challenges faced by continuing breastfeeding when he went to kindy.

Read more: Good-Bye Boobies: The Lead Up