By: Jessica Cihacek
jcihacek@kcautv.com
A new study suggests that women who wait more than 15 years after their first menstrual cycle to become pregnant, have a 60% reduced risk of developing an aggressive type of breast cancer. It also confirms that breast feeding can provide a strong, protective factor against breast cancer.
While Laura Johnson of Sioux City isn't exactly a woman the study favors, she's living proof that intuition is oftentimes much more important than any type of research.
You see, she's beautiful and healthy, but 8 month-old, Adley Johnson didn't exactly have the odds in her favor.
You see, when mom, was diagnosed with endometriosis, she understood her chances of getting pregnant were slim to none.
Laura says, "There was always something in the back of my head, wondering if I would even be able to be a mom, so I wanted to have one while I could, rather than waiting later in life, when you're told that you're not supposed to be as fertile."
Wasting no time, Laura and her husband Jesse tried several times to start a family with no luck.
And then it happened. Little Adley was conceived.
Laura says, "It really is amazing that your body goes through such work to create a life and that life is in front of your eyes everyday."
While Laura didn't delay pregnancy like the new breast cancer study suggests, and while she chose not to breast feed, something else the study recommends, she is aware of her breast cancer history.
"My great aunts did have breast cancer, they're both survivors of breast cancer."
But she's also aware that starting her own family meant more to her than the increased risk of breast cancer she may be exposed to.
Laura adds, "You can't live life with regret. It's whatever is unfolded will happen because there's a plan for it. There's a reason."
For a complete copy of the new study published by Medical News Today, head to: http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/254009.php
