Crying widows, fashioned from stone, suckle infants on the steps of tombs.

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Less than 1% of women actually breastfeed their baby exclusively for this long, and NHS research suggests a significant number experience problems in the first few weeks - with insufficient milk supply and baby's failure to suckle properly cited as the main problems.

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