SMJ articles in the category "breast-feeding"

Original Article

Exploration of the Intersection between Infant Feeding and Postpartum Contraception in Western North Carolina: Perspectives of Postpartum Individuals and Providers

Objectives: Short interpregnancy intervals are associated with preterm births. Increasing access to postpartum contraception is a preventive intervention. Best practice recommendations suggest that postpartum individuals exclusively breastfeed for up to 6 months. Conversations about these two topics tend to occur simultaneously throughout the perinatal period. This study explores the intersection…

Posted in: breast-feeding 6 contraception 14 patient-centered care 7 postpartum period 3 reproductive health 9

Original Article

Breast-feeding, Leptin:Adiponectin Ratio, and Metabolic Dysfunction in Adolescents with Obesity

Objectives: Increased adiposity increases leptin and decreases adiponectin concentrations, resulting in an increased leptin:adiponectin ratio (LAR). In adults, components of the metabolic syndrome and other cardiometabolic risk factors, what we classify here as “metabolic dysfunction,” are associated with both a high LAR and a history of being breast-fed. The relation…

Posted in: adolescents 13 breast-feeding 6 metabolic dysfunction 2 Obesity 70

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“Las Dos Cosas,” or Why Mexican American Mothers Breast-Feed, But Not for Long

Objectives: To determine why mothers in El Paso, Texas, choose to breast-feed but not exclusively and why breast-feeding duration is short. Methods: This was a cross-sectional observational study of 300, mostly Mexican American, low-income mothers delivering at a county hospital who answered questions about breast-feeding and formula feeding, sociodemographics, and…

Posted in: breast-feeding 6 Hispanic 7

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Lawyer Mothers: Infant-Feeding Intentions and Behavior

Objectives: Maternal employment postpartum can have a powerful influence over infant-feeding behaviors. The objective of this cross-sectional online survey was to explore the infant-feeding intentions and behaviors of a convenience sample of lawyer mothers. We compared our findings with those for physician mothers. Methods: Lawyers participated in an anonymous online…

Posted in: breast-feeding 6

Review Article

Antipsychotic Drugs and Safety Concerns for Breast-Feeding Infants

Antipsychotic drugs prescribed to treat psychiatric symptoms during the postpartum period are secreted into breast milk. Because breast-feeding is crucial to infant development, it is important to select a medication that poses the fewest adverse consequences. Aripiprazole, haloperidol, perphenazine, and trifluoperazine demonstrate no known developmental dangers. Olanzapine, quetiapine, and risperidone…

Posted in: breast-feeding 6

Original Article

Pediatricians’, Obstetricians’, Gynecologists’, and Family Medicine Physicians’ Experiences with and Attitudes about Breast-Feeding

Objectives: Investigate physicians’ breast-feeding experiences and attitudes using a survey based on two behavioral theories: theory of reasoned action (TRA) and the health belief model (HBM). Methods: There were 73 participants included in the investigation. These participants were resident and faculty physicians from pediatrics, obstetrics/gynecology, and family medicine at a…

Posted in: breast-feeding 6 physicians 13
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