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Originally Posted by SWTXBelle
I've told the story elsewhere - when I was about a month away from delivering baby #2 I had a breast cancer scare. My oncologist and I came up with a plan - I'd breastfeed for 6 weeks, then wait another 6 before doing my testing. There was a La Leche League consultant who was a neighbor who was HORRIFIED that I would stop at 6 weeks. Much better, apparently, to have a dead mother who breastfed than a living one who fed her baby formula.  That's nuts.
eta - The baby, now 16, and I are both just fine.
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Every time I hear about the La Leakies, I think about you and your story, SWTXBelle. I still can't believe that happened to you.