Breastfeeding and childbearing tied to lower odds of early menopause

Women who have babies and breastfeed may be less likely to go through menopause early than those who don’t have children or nurse their infants, a US study suggests.
 

Researchers tracked 108,887 women, ages 25 to 42, who had not yet gone through menopause. Just over half had experienced at least one pregnancy lasting at least six months and more than half of these mothers exclusively breastfed their babies for at least one month.
 

During follow-up for up to 25 years, women who had one pregnancy were 13 per cent less likely to experience menopause before age 45, and the