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If EBF means no formula ever, then I wouldn't have been considered ebf at 6 months, even though my daughter only had formula a handful of times in the hospital or when she was super hungry but drained both breasts during a growth spurt. She's still nursing at 14 months and hasn't had formula since maybe 4 months old, so I would not make any conclusions based on that statistic. Also wondering if ebf means they haven't started solids yet? That's what I considered ebf, and at 6 months most babies have started solids, so that may be skewing the numbers too. Anecdotally, most women I know stopped breastfeeding either because it became inconvenient or unenjoyable, or their supply took a hit and they couldn't recover it while supplementing.

So many of us have said that we continued because we were stubborn. I think the current thought is oh it's natural and therefore easy when it's NOT and I think that causes women to quit. It's so hard, one of the hardest things I've ever done in fact but it's worth it but starting out and being told it should be easy and pain free just makes those who are in the trenches or those who don't make it feel worse. Why can't we say this is hard, don't expect it to be easy!