What happens if you don’t breast feed or pump

I was reading on internet that if you don’t breast feed or pump your milk then the chances of getting breast cancer and ovarian cancer Etc

What to do then? Should I pump? As baby is on formula and i don’t get enough through breast
Barely drops
And I think it’s drying with time

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I'm sure the study is super accurate but I would check what the increase is. It could be 0.0000001 increase vs breastfeeding/pumping mothers

Always worth looking at who published the study, do they have a motive to encourage people to breast feed as they believe it’s best? There is a lot of scaremongering people into breastfeeding still. Ultimately it’s your choice! Breast feeding didn’t work for us and I’m not going to put myself and my baby through added pressure for it, being a mum to a newborn is hard enough. I’d recommend steering clear of these studies and don’t stress!

well said for those of us that couldn’t or just didn’t want to. There’s enough pressure on mums without frightening them too!

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