Sentences with phrase «which duration of breastfeeding»

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A large component of the project comprised of a breastfeeding peer support program which consisted of prenatal visits, hospital visits, home visits and phone calls with anticipatory breastfeeding guidance for up to an infants» first year of life to ascertain that woman in the study will breastfeed for longer durations to establish a link between DHA and neurological development.

I plan on wearing it throughout the duration of my breastfeeding days (which will be about two more years with my track record).

The rate of breastfeeding mothers was higher among foreign citizens (89.4 % vs. 84.6 % of Italian mothers), as well as the duration of breastfeeding, which was 9.2 months on average among foreign mothers and 8.1 among Italian mothers.

Currently, mothers in Israel pay twice: Once when their babies get unnecessarily formula, which could compromise the baby's health and is associated with lower rates and duration of breastfeeding.

Factors which might improve breastfeeding rates and duration in this country include broad expansion of and financial support for both BFHI hospitals as well as training for the health care personnel who support the mother - infant dyad during the breastfeeding period.

Mothers who breastfeed might also develop a feeding style that is less controlling.28 On the contrary, the duration and amount of bottle - feeding more likely depend on the caregivers» decisions, which are often based on visual observations of the remaining milk in the bottle with encouragement to finish the bottle.29, 30 In addition, the variations in the taste and nutrient content within each breastfeeding episode (much higher fat content toward the end) might also serve as a physiological signal for babies to stop suckling.

Most studies have revealed protective effects of breastfeeding on common infections in the first 8 to12 months of life.8, 27,29,30 One study, which distinguished between infectious diseases until and from the age of 6 months, revealed results similar to those from our study.24 Although the authors used exclusive breastfeeding for 3 months as the reference group, exclusive breastfeeding for 6 months reduced the risk of gastrointestinal tract infections between the ages of 3 and 6 months but not between the ages of 6 and 12 months.24 We can not explain why breastfeeding duration was only associated with lower risks of lower respiratory tract infection from 7 to 12 months.

Indeed, a long duration of breastfeeding (> 7 months) has been associated with a reduced risk of overweight and obesity, 2 while a short duration (≤ 4 months) may not be sufficient to obtain the beneficial effects of breastfeeding.3 Another confounding factor is early exposure to antibiotics, which is increasing even for minor infections.

One of these countries is the UK, which has one of the lowest breastfeeding rates in Europe, 2 with rates conspicuously below those of Scandinavian countries; only 22 % of UK infants receive any breast milk at age 6 months3 compared with 72 % in Sweden.4 Although a number of interventions have been introduced and targets set5 — 8 to increase rates of breastfeeding initiation and duration in the UK, evidence for their effectiveness is limited.

In particular, breastfeeding may be of concern because it has been shown to be associated with both child's use of antibiotics36, 37 and cow's milk allergy, although inconsistently so.38 In a large Finnish birth cohort, the median durations of exclusive and total breastfeeding were 1.4 months and 7.0 months, respectively, and the proportion of breastfed infants decreased from 95 % at the age of 1 month to 58 % at the age of 6 months.39 Another limitation is our reliance on pharmacy records, which provides only a rough estimation of drug use.

Keeping a food journal can help you and your doctor's track which foods are okay and which ones may need to be eliminated from your diet for the duration of breastfeeding.

This lead to a maelstrom of disgruntled BCBS families crying foul, citing the Affordable Care Act, which guarantees coverage of «comprehensive prenatal and postnatal lactation support [and] counseling» without cost sharing «for the duration of breastfeeding».

In the 1920s food corporations and pharmaceutical companies developed and marketed a second generation of commercial infant formulas, the availability of which contributed further to the decline and duration of breastfeeding.

We share results from a randomized trial which tested a behavioral educational intervention with the secondary aim of increasing breastfeeding duration among self - identified black and Latina mothers.

Research demonstrates that there is a link between depressive symptoms and breastfeeding duration and that lack of preparation for common physical and emotional symptoms and experiences which occur in the postpartum period may be associated with both.

However, a higher percentage of mothers in the intervention group exclusively breastfed their babies until the age of 6 months, compared to the control group, that is, 107/194 (55.2 %) against 69/178 (38.8 %) with a statistically very significant difference of p = 0.002, which proved that the educational booklet has a positive impact on the duration of EB.

The aims of our study were 2-fold: (1) to examine relationships of breastfeeding duration and exclusivity with child cognition at ages 3 and 7 years and (2) to evaluate the extent to which maternal fish intake during lactation modifies associations of infant feeding with later cognition.

To examine the extent to which maternal fish intake modified relationships of breastfeeding with outcome measures, we stratified by fish intake (< 2 vs ≥ 2 servings per week) and calculated the P value for an interaction term (breastfeeding duration × fish intake) in linear regression.

Objectives To examine relationships of breastfeeding duration and exclusivity with child cognition at ages 3 and 7 years and to evaluate the extent to which maternal fish intake during lactation modifies associations of infant feeding with later cognition.

Although there were no important differences in breastfeeding duration between groups, there was a considerably longer duration of exclusive breastfeeding (which was defined as providing only breast milk for the previous 24 h, but did allow formula less than once per week) among women receiving the research bags (either alone or in combination with the research counseling [P < 0.01, 1 - tailed log rank test]-RRB- versus those not receiving research bags.

Breastfeeding a baby requires you to keep track of crazy things like diaper changes, feeding duration, and which side you nursed on last, and, if you're anything like me, doing all of that on your own probably results in an exhausted and unproductive mama.

In order to receive this designation, the St.Mary's Birthplace practices the Baby - Friendly's Ten Steps to Successful Breastfeeding, which were developed by a team of global experts and consist of evidence - based practices that have been shown to increase breastfeeding initiation Breastfeeding, which were developed by a team of global experts and consist of evidence - based practices that have been shown to increase breastfeeding initiation breastfeeding initiation and duration.

Bivariate and multivariate regression examined the degree to which strong maternal value of exclusive breastfeeding predicted exclusive breastfeeding duration.

The data indicate that there are several factors which affect the initiation (and duration) of breastfeeding.

We examined exclusive breastfeeding duration to both 3 months and 6 months as we expected that fewer mothers would exclusively breastfeed to 6 months, which would limit the power of the analysis.

The study, which is published online July 21, 2011 in the European Respiratory Journal, looked at the impact of the duration of breastfeeding and the introduction of alternative liquids or solids in addition to breast milk.

Additional reasons for deciding not to breastfeed can include concern about the quality and quantity of breast milk, and partner and family support, which are common across developed and developing countries.10, 11 Women who decide not to breastfeed are also more likely to have smoked during their pregnancy, be primiparous mothers (i.e., having their first child), and to have a child born low birth weight or with complex health issues such as cystic fibrosis.9, 12 Prenatal and post-natal stressful experiences may also reduce the duration of breastfeeding.13 Finally, several studies suggest that mother's who return to work within the first 6 months postpartum or anticipate an early return to full - time employment, are less likely to breastfeed.

The study looked at correlations between duration of breastfeeding and conduct disorders, which were assessed by both the children's teachers and their mothers.

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[41] However, the key factor may be the age at which non-breastmilk is introduced rather than duration of breastfeeding.

White mothers were significantly less likely to experience in - hospital formula introduction than black mothers, which was the biggest predictor of breastfeeding duration.

Maternal characteristics which differed across quintiles of free sugar intake during pregnancy included age, parity, pregnancy size, season of birth, breastfeeding duration, educational level, ethnicity, housing tenure, financial difficulties, anxiety level, tobacco exposure and infection during pregnancy.

The evidence for an impact of home visiting programs on breastfeeding is driven almost entirely by the modest findings from an evaluation of NFP, in which nurse - visited mothers were significantly more likely to have attempted breastfeeding (though, as the authors report, there were no differences in duration of breastfeeding).7

The contribution of breastfeeding to child health and development is recognized by the MIECHV initiative in its Benchmark Plan which includes a goal for increasing breastfeeding duration among mothers who enroll in home visiting programs during pregnancy.