Jillian, thanks so much for sharing your story with us. I think that to hear a personal story makes the issue far more real than a bare statistic does IYKWIM. I'm in awe of you for perservering for so long. I had a weeny little graze on my nipple because of Imran's tongue tie coupled with his very enthusiatic sucking and I was in agony and dreaded every feed until he learnt to feed more efficiently so I can't imagine how much pain you must have been in. I think that its amazing that you managed to feed him for so long despite the issues that you were having. You shouldn't feel guilty about FFing Lochie but proud that you breastfed him for so long under such difficult circumstances.

In regards to the contentious 5% - I really think that the figure is unimportant. Wether the correct figure is 5%, 3.97532% or .00005% the main point is that we should show empathy and respect towards any woman who has been unable to breastfeed although she wanted to and be careful not to use language that may be unintentionally hurtful.