I wasn't breastfed and neither were my two younger sisters. I have never known anyone that has breastfed. Before I had Grace I had the attitude that if I could do it I would, if not oh well...I wasn't going to stress about it. I suppose the main reason that I do it is because I can. I know there is a lot of health benefits etc but I figure that I can do it so why spend money on formula, especially seeing I'm not working we need to save money, and that it is so much easier to go out as long as I take me along! Sometimes I enjoy it, sometimes I don't but because I know that I can do it, I would actually be really disappointed if I had to stop right now. Having said that I don't have any plans to do extended breastfeeding. My current goal is 6 months and then whatever happens from there I am comfortable with. I will probably wean her before I go back to work for convenience - although by law work has to allow me to express etc, it just gets very complicated. Having said that, I may hit the 6 month period and my goals may change. We'll just take each day at a time.