11 Facts You Didn’t Know About Brea5tfeeding

10. The ’60s sucked for nursing. In Nigeria Brea5tfeeding rates were lowest in the late 1960s and early 1970s, when only 20 to 25 percent of mothers Brea5tfed.

11. Hang in there! In 2011, 74.6 percent of US babies were Brea5tfed (ever), but by six months, only 14.8 percent were exclusively Brea5tfed.

Sources: _Brea5ts: A Natural and Unnatural History; Ameda.com; University of Rhode Island; Brea5tfeeding.com; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention;Medela.com; PumpStation.com; U.S. National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health_