In books and stories told by people there is never any conclusive evidence for the link between breast cancer and breastfeeding.
Many women who don't want to breastfeed say that it increases a woman's chance of contracting breast cancer simply to avoid having to do it themselves for other reasons, like the myth that breastfeeding makes breasts saggy.
Other women like to have a more positive outlook on breastfeeding, telling everyone they know that on top of all the other health benefits breastfeeding has, it also helps prevent them contracting breast cancer in the future, meaning every mother should do it.
Neither of these views have any medical evidence to back them up, but there does exist some conclusive research into the link between cancer and breastfeeding, showing the true facts.
In actuality, breastfeeding has been proved to help women avoid contracting cancer, but only if they have their babies at a certain age, and only for certain types of breast cancer.
The studies showed that due to women having babies, their risk of contracting those types of breast cancer fuelled by hormones was reduced.
Whilst this didn't prove breastfeeding helps women avoid all types of breast cancer, it's a comforting thought to mothers of a certain age that they are doing something to help avoid cancer later in life.
The studies also showed that women above a certain age, twenty five, who give birth to a single child are twice as likely to contract those variations of breast cancer which are fuelled by hormones.
This was a depressing blow for the researchers, as there are many women in relationships openly choosing to have babies later in life, around the age of twenty five.
The study did provide an insight into how even these women could help themselves avoid contracting certain types of cancer.
The more babies women have and breastfeed, the less likely their chances are of contracting either of the two types of breast cancer fuelled by hormones.
These chances are greatly improved for those women who have lots of children early on in life, as they will be breastfeeding for a much longer period of time than those who wait to have their one baby later in their life.
Families always need to be planned for, but the on-going health of that family should be a high priority for everyone involved.
Increasing a woman's risk of contracting cancer is something a family should strive to avoid, as cancer can rip a family apart completely with one death.
With this knowledge, those planning a family should rethink their priorities around whether or not they are going to help the mother to be or hinder her by increasing her chances of contracting breast cancer.
Anyone truly concerned about their chances of having cancer develop in them should go for genetic counselling, and seriously discuss what the best plan of action will be family-wise.
Many women who don't want to breastfeed say that it increases a woman's chance of contracting breast cancer simply to avoid having to do it themselves for other reasons, like the myth that breastfeeding makes breasts saggy.
Other women like to have a more positive outlook on breastfeeding, telling everyone they know that on top of all the other health benefits breastfeeding has, it also helps prevent them contracting breast cancer in the future, meaning every mother should do it.
Neither of these views have any medical evidence to back them up, but there does exist some conclusive research into the link between cancer and breastfeeding, showing the true facts.
In actuality, breastfeeding has been proved to help women avoid contracting cancer, but only if they have their babies at a certain age, and only for certain types of breast cancer.
The studies showed that due to women having babies, their risk of contracting those types of breast cancer fuelled by hormones was reduced.
Whilst this didn't prove breastfeeding helps women avoid all types of breast cancer, it's a comforting thought to mothers of a certain age that they are doing something to help avoid cancer later in life.
The studies also showed that women above a certain age, twenty five, who give birth to a single child are twice as likely to contract those variations of breast cancer which are fuelled by hormones.
This was a depressing blow for the researchers, as there are many women in relationships openly choosing to have babies later in life, around the age of twenty five.
The study did provide an insight into how even these women could help themselves avoid contracting certain types of cancer.
The more babies women have and breastfeed, the less likely their chances are of contracting either of the two types of breast cancer fuelled by hormones.
These chances are greatly improved for those women who have lots of children early on in life, as they will be breastfeeding for a much longer period of time than those who wait to have their one baby later in their life.
Families always need to be planned for, but the on-going health of that family should be a high priority for everyone involved.
Increasing a woman's risk of contracting cancer is something a family should strive to avoid, as cancer can rip a family apart completely with one death.
With this knowledge, those planning a family should rethink their priorities around whether or not they are going to help the mother to be or hinder her by increasing her chances of contracting breast cancer.
Anyone truly concerned about their chances of having cancer develop in them should go for genetic counselling, and seriously discuss what the best plan of action will be family-wise.