Interesting article, but I can't help but think the lack of knowledge has more to do with the probability that most of the respondents wouldn't have had children yet or even be planning to do so in the near future. I'm a gen x'er and I have to say that I really didn't have any idea about those issues until after I got pregnant. Yes I knew that breastfeeding was meant to be better for your baby, but I didn't know why or how much better. In fact I didn't know about when you introduced solids or that you should continue breastfeeding till 12 months until after I had my bub!

TBH I'm not entirely comfortable breastfeeding in public. I have done it once or twice when I've had no other choice, but usually I will use the parents room or plan ahead and have a bottle of EBM with me. It's not really about people looking at me or anything like that, I guess I'm just a bit of a prude and don't feel comfortable. But I never saw that as a reason not to breastfeed till 12 months, it's easy to work around and really isn't an issue.