Chantry CJ, Nommsen-Rivers LA, Peerson JM, Cohen RJ, Dewey KG.
Pediatrics. 2011 Jan;127(1):e171-9.
OBJECTIVES: The objectives were to describe weight loss in a multiethnic population of first-born, predominantly breastfed, term infants and to identify potentially modifiable risk factors for excess weight loss (EWL).
Widström AM, Lilja G, Aaltomaa-Michalias P, Dahllöf A, Lintula M, Nissen E.
Acta Paediatr. 2010 Aug 15. [Epub ahead of print]
Aim: The aim of this study was to provide a more detailed analysis of the infant’s behavioral sequence that begins immediately after birth and terminates with grasping the nipple, suckling and then falling asleep.
The Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine Protocol Committee
The purpose of this protocol is to promote a philosophy and practice of maternal–infant care that advocates breastfeeding. Care should support the normal physiologic functions involved in the establishment of this maternal–infant process and assist families choosing to breastfeed with initiating and developing a successful and satisfying experience.
This policy is based on recommendations from the most recent breastfeeding policy statements published by the Office on Women’s Health of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, the American Academy of Pediatrics, the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, the American Academy of Family Physicians, the World Health Organization, the Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine, and the UNICEF/World Health Organization evidence-based Ten Steps to Successful Breastfeeding.
Mulder PJ, Johnson TS, Baker LC.
J Obstet Gynecol Neonatal Nurs. 2010 Jan;39(1):15-26.
OBJECTIVE: To examine differences in breastfeeding frequency, voids, and stools in infants with weight losses < or > or =7% during the postpartum hospitalization.
Aaron M. Marshall, Laurie A. Nommsen-Rivers, Laura L. Hernandez, Kathryn G. Dewey, Caroline J. Chantry, Karen A. Gregerson and Nelson D. Horseman
J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2010 Feb;95(2):837-46.
Context: Serotonin [5-hydroxytryptamine (5-HT)] is an important local regulator of lactation homeostasis; however, the roles for the serotonin reuptake transporter and monoamine oxidase have not been known.
Objective: The aim of the study was to determine whether drugs that impact 5-HT affect human lactation physiology.
Bramson L, Lee JW, Moore E, Montgomery S, Neish C, Bahjri K, Melcher CL.
J Hum Lact. 2010 Jan 28. [Epub ahead of print]
This was a nurse-driven, hospital-based, prospective cohort study of data collected in 19 hospitals in San Bernardino and Riverside counties by California Perinatal Services Network on all mothers (n = 21 842) who delivered a singleton infant (37-40 weeks gestation) between July 2005 through June 2006. Multivariate ordinal logistic regression showed that maternal infant-feeding method intention (measured prior to birth), sociodemographic characteristics, intrapartum variables, and early skin-to-skin mother-infant contact during the first 3 hours following birth (controlling for delivery hospital) were correlated with exclusive breastfeeding during the maternity hospitalization.
Jordan S, Emery S, Watkins A, Evans JD, Storey M, Morgan G.
BJOG. 2009 Nov;116(12):1622-9;
Background Little is known about how breastfeeding rates are affected by drugs routinely administered in labour.
Objective To examine a large obstetric data set to investigate potentially modifiable associations between drugs routinely administered in labour and breastfeeding in healthy women and infants.
Randa Saadeh and Carmen Casanovas
Food Nutr Bull. 2009 Jun;30(2 Suppl):S225-9.
The Baby-Friendly Hospital Initiative (BFHI) was launched in the 1990s by the World Health Organization (WHO) and UNICEF as a global effort with hospitals, health services, and parents to ensure babies are breastfed for the best start in life. It is one of the Operational Targets of the Global Strategy for Infant and Young Child Feeding endorsed in 2002 by the Fifty-Fifth World Health Assembly and the UNICEF Executive Board.
Bystrova K et al.
Birth. 2009 Jun;36(2):97-109.
BACKGROUND: A tradition of separation of the mother and baby after birth still persists in many parts of the world, including some parts of Russia, and often is combined with swaddling of the baby. The aim of this study was to evaluate and compare possible long-term effects on mother-infant interaction of practices used in the delivery and maternity wards, including practices relating to mother-infant closeness versus separation.
Eugene Declercq, Miriam Labbok, Carol Sakala, MaryAnn O'Hara
Am J Public Health. 2009 Mar 19. [Epub ahead of print]
Objectives. We sought to assess whether breastfeeding-related hospital practices reported by mothers were associated with achievement of their intentions to exclusively breastfeed.
DiGirolamo AM, Grummer-Strawn LM, Fein SB.
Pediatrics. 2008 Oct;122 Suppl 2:S43-9.
OBJECTIVE: Our goal was to assess the impact of "Baby-Friendly" hospital practices and other maternity-care practices experienced by mothers on breastfeeding duration.
METHODS: This analysis of the Infant Feeding Practices Study II focused on mothers who initiated breastfeeding and intended prenatally to breastfeed for >2 months, with complete data on all variables (n = 1907). Predictor variables included indicators of 6 "Baby-Friendly" practices (breastfeeding initiation within 1 hour of birth, giving only breast milk, rooming in, breastfeeding on demand, no pacifiers, fostering breastfeeding support groups) along with several other maternity-care practices. The main outcome measure was breastfeeding termination before 6 weeks.
Beck, Cheryl Tatano; Watson, Sue
Nursing Research. 57(4):228-236, July/August 2008.
Objective: To explore the impact of birth trauma on mothers' breast-feeding experiences.
Colson SD, Meek JH, Hawdon JM.
Early Hum Dev. 2008 Jul;84(7):441-9.
BACKGROUND: Despite widespread skills-teaching, 37% of UK mothers initiating breastfeeding stop by six weeks suggesting a need to reappraise current support strategies. Rooting, sucking and swallowing have been studied extensively but little is known about the role other primitive neonatal reflexes (PNRs) might play to support breastfeeding.
Murray EK, Ricketts S, Dellaport J.
Birth. 2007 Sep;34(3):202-11.
Background: A high percentage (83%) of mothers in Colorado initiate breastfeeding; but in keeping with national breastfeeding trends, many of them discontinue breastfeeding within the first few months. The objective of this study was to determine the effects of hospital practices on breastfeeding duration and whether the effects differed based on maternal socioeconomic status.
Marsha Walker RN, IBCLC
Journal of Perinatal and Neonatal Nursing July/September 2007 Volume 21 Number 3 Pages 191 - 197
Meeting national breast-feeding objectives and mothers' personal breast-feeding goals depends on a number of factors, including the provision of current, consistent, and timely help with breast-feeding. Nurses are in a prime position to guide mothers during their hospital stay and provide community follow-up postdischarge.