Having the first child before age 30 limits breast cancer risk

? The cells of our mammary gland become mature only after our first child .

Once "adults", they are much less sensitive to attacks of carcinogenic substances. In other words, the longer you have to have children, the more you expose your breasts to cancer . This over-risk is estimated at 3% per year of "delay" in pregnancy. However, currently, we wait, on average, 29 years to taste the joys of motherhood.

"Certainly, there is no question of imposing standards on such personal choices, but, observed Dr. Françoise Clavel-Chapelon, if it were necessary to deliver a message of public health it would be: make children and make them before 30 years old. After this age, the risk becomes exactly the same as if you had never had one. "

In addition, the more babies, the lower the risk, with a "large family reduction" estimated at 8% per child. Breastfeeding for up to 6 months or more, the risk of cancer decreases by about 5% per month of breastfeeding. No wonder the Academy of Medicine is fighting for breastfeeding women to get 6 months of post-natal maternity leave (currently 10 weeks, or 2 and a half months).

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