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Journal of Tropical Pediatrics 1987 33(2):93-97; doi:10.1093/tropej/33.2.93
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Breast Feeding Beyond Six Months: Mothers' Perceptions of the Positive and Negative Consequences

S. B. Reamer, MEd* and M. Sugarman, MD**

*Boston University School of Management
**Harvard Medical School and Clinical Associate in Psychiatry, Massachusetts General Hospital

Correspondence: M.Sugarman, 15 Chatham Street, Brookline, Mass 02146, USA.

The positive and negative emotional and physical experiences of 152 long-term breast-feeding American and Canadian mothers are described. These highly motivated mothers believed that breast feeding their babies past 6 months enhanced the infants' emotional and physical health, and provided themselves with loving relationships with their infants.


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