So 90% of women give up breastfeeding before they want to

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I see this quoted everywhere, but surprisingly I am really struggling to find the source of this. I am also struggling to find any concrete information about the main reasons for giving up. There must have been research done on this subject, why can't I find it?! I looked at the 2005 Infant Feeding Survey but couldn't find anything about reasons for stopping bf.

I am aware I am probably being daft and missing the blatantly obvious! Can anyone point me in the right direction please?

It's there in the survey, will find it tomorrow . It's 90 per cent of women who stop before their baby is aged 6 weeks, not 90 per cent of all women who stop bf. There is a whole section on reasons for stopping too.

Oh dear, is it? You see I was looking at about midnight last night, skim reading it trying to find the right bit. I knew I should have looked again before asking! It's OK Tiktok, I'll look again myself. Thanks!

Now that wasn't so hard! Feeling really stupid now.