Two studies in the field of perinatal care show how, in the areas of breastfeeding and obstetrics, science prioritizes risk and the baby at the expense of mothers’ well-being.
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Caesarean section births are often thought to be safer. In fact they disrupt the natural bond between mother and baby and can interrupt brain development.
If you feel burping is helpful to your baby, then keep doing what you’re doing. If trying to burp your baby after every feed is stressing you or your baby out, then you don’t have to keep doing it.
Feelings of failure, guilt, grief and despair are common, our study shows. But there is support.
Preterm babies born after 28 weeks can often survive with relatively simple medical care. Here is how.
Some states, especially in the Southeastern US, have large disparities in breastfeeding among racial groups, making clear the need to lower barriers for breastfeeding in the workplace and elsewhere.
The report of the Women’s Economic Equality Taskforce mentions birth only twice, and breastfeeding not at all. Yet, properly valued, breastmilk contributes $154 per litre to the Australian economy.
South Africa needs to ensure regulations on formula foods for babies are enforced.
Around the globe, 823,000 child deaths could be prevented annually with appropriate breastfeeding. Formula makers continue to defy a 40-year-old international code on marketing their product.
New European laws aimed at regulating trade in human milk products could be used to target person-to-person sharing of milk for babies.
Women want to start breastfeeding again for a range of reasons, including during the COVID-19 pandemic. Here’s what’s involved.
Can existing laws help if something goes wrong?
In an act of ‘mummy-shaming’ to rival anything today’s internet has to offer, Queen Victoria is thought to have named a cow in the royal dairy after her daughter, who had decided to breastfeed.
So many other countries see the value in breastfeeding support but the UK is lagging behind.
The WHO has called for the global scale-up of human milk banks.
Mothers are told to stop breastfeeding when taking certain medications – even if they won’t harm their baby.
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Adjunct Professor, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Western Sydney University
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Professor of Child Public Health, Swansea University
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Research Fellow, University of Sydney School of Public Health, University of Sydney
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Honorary Associate Professor, Australian National University
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Associate research scientist, University of the Western Cape
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Professor of Obstetrics at King’s College London and chair of the FIGO Preterm Birth Committee (2012-23)., King's College London
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Communications Manager, African Population and Health Research Center
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Research Fellow in Public Health and Parenthood, DECIPHer, Cardiff University
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Post-Doctoral Research Scientist, African Population and Health Research Center
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Associate Professor of Behavioral Sciences, University of South Carolina
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Research officer, African Population and Health Research Center
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Associate Professor and Director of Global Public Health and Community Health, Johns Hopkins University
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Clinical Research Fellow, King's College London
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Associate Professor of Nursing, University of South Carolina
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Postdoctoral Researcher, Maternal and Infant Nutrition and Behaviour, University of Bristol