When I initially began to read up on the pro’s & con’s of breastfeeding I initally found an article very interesting. I found it on the national cancer institute website, it stated that breastfeeding for an extended period of time (for example a year or longer) slightly reduces the risk of contracting postmenopausal breast cancer. 

Then after doing more research I found that studies had been conducted at the University of California, Berkley, by Marilyn Kwan;  The meta-analysis from these studies was published in the 2004 Public Health Report (the official journal of the US Public Health Service). The data that was collect suggest that children who are breastfed for 6 months or more had a 24 percent reduced chance of developing acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL), and a 15 percent reduced chance of developing acute myeloblastic leukemia (AML). These are the who most common forms of childhood leukemia & could all be reduced by nursing!  Those who breastfed for less then 6 months also had lowered rates of developing either leukemia.   Granted these are all still studies and nothing has been 100% proven yet, but I feel it is possible that protection from cancer will become one of the greatest benefits of breastfeeding that we will see!

Let me also remind you that our friends over at Comfy Kangaroo, makers of the Nursing Tank, are holding a contest for the mother of the year.  Where the winner will receive $2500.00! $1250.00 for themselves and $1250.00 to be donated to the breast cancer research foundation of their choice!

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