Unfortunately the UK and USA have some of the worst breastfeeding rates in the whole world.

I went to a seminar about breastfeeding while I was pregnant, we got to guess how many mothers exclusively breastfeed until baby is 1 year as per WHO:s recommendations. I guessed 30% because I didn't want to overshoot. The number was 1%. I think 3% until 6 months. But I wasn't one of those either, I exklusively breastfed to the 4 month mark, then I had to givd formula together with BF because he didn't gain weight as he should suddenly, and I heard that's very common.

Less than 30% of moms exclusively breastfeed in America

Depends on where you live, your values, who you surround yourself in pregnancy etc....in many places in the world breastfeeding (for years) IS the norm....

A lot of women don’t stick with it and some are unable to. I’m 5 months in and it’s definitely taxing, but worth it if you can do it.

Depends where you are though. In the Nordics it definitely is the norm, but we also have way better parental leave and a culture that supports it, much more so than in the US (I have about 7 years of combined breastfeeding experience and never been asked to do things differently or go somewhere else while BF without a cover in public).

I just honestly don’t understand what is the constant conversation around feeding. Because that’s essentially what it is. Breast feeding, formula feeding. Whatever works for mom and baby’s health is what should be the normal to them…but there is this constant conversation, curiosity, intrigue surrounding feeding and I don’t understand it.

I’m a mom who exclusively breastfed for 6 months and then continued to breastfeed until 14 months when a necessary medication ended our journey. You have one newborn child. The number of things you think you know but will discover you were very wrong about is way higher than you can imagine,