OBJECTIVE To study the changes in composition of preterm milk till 6 months of age. METHODS Milk samples from 33, 19, 7 and 12 lactating mothers (delivered <34 weeks) were analyzed on days 7, 28, 90 and 180, respectively. RESULTS Triglyceride and sodium concentrations increased significantly with time and protein concentration decreased significantly over 180 days. Sodium (P=0.02) and trigl...

Beer consumption by nursing women altered the sensory qualities of their milk and the behavior of their infants during breast-feeding in the short term. The infants consumed significantly less milk during the 4-hr testing sessions in which their mothers drank alcoholic beer compared to when the mothers drank nonalcoholic beer; this decrease in milk intake was not due to a decrease in the number...

Pulmonary tumors were induced in mice that were suckled by mothers that received urethan during lactation. More induced tumors appeared in sucklings when urethan was injected into lactating mothers soon after delivery. When pregnant mice were treated with urethan during gestation and lactation their offspring had a significantly increased incidence of pulmonary tumors, and the number of tumors ...

1. Milk productions and 7 d dietary records were determined on twenty-seven mothers who had been breast-feeding for 1, 3, 6, 9, 12 or 15 months. 2. The mean milk productions for each group of mothers was 1 . 87, 1 . 238, 0 . 884, 0 . 880 and 0 . 951 kg/24 h at 1, 3, 6, 9, 12 and 15 months of lactation respectively. There was no significant difference between two milk determination 3--7 d apart ...

Breast milk is considered to be the best nutrient source for infants. However, nutritional compositions of breast milk in developing countries, especially among malnourished women, have not been fully investigated. This study aimed to assess nutritional status and nutrient composition of breast milk in lactating mothers in rural Vietnam. Sixty breastfeeding mothers at 6 to 12 mo postpartum, fre...

BACKGROUND Workplace accommodations for breastfeeding mothers are an important step towards achieving United States Healthy People 2010 goals for continued breastfeeding. However, evidence suggests that some employers wishing to accommodate lactating mothers fear negative reactions from other workers. METHODS This study conducted in February 2007, used descriptive statistics and linear regres...

Shameta is a traditional, Ethiopian, cereal-based fermented porridge exclusively prepared for lactating mothers. The aim of this study was to determine the microbial quality samples collected from households mothers and dynamics physicochemical changes during laboratory fermentation Shameta. Isolation characterization dominant microbes analysis properties were done following standard microbiolo...

A series of experiments were conducted to investigate the elimination of swainsonine in the milk of lactating ruminants following a single dose oral exposure to swainsonine (locoweed; Oxytropis sericea) and to assess subsequent subclinical effects on the mothers and their nursing young. In a preliminary experiment, lactating ewes were gavaged with locoweed providing 0.8 mg swainsonine/kg BW (n ...

Supportive breastfeeding policies in the hospital constitute the foundation for initiation of successful breastfeeding by mothers, constant reinforcement and support to all lactating mothers is however essential to maintain lactation. The objective, methodology and outcome of the Lactation Management Clinic which constitutes a hospital-based mother support group is described. The study was carr...

Postpartum weight retention is a risk factor for the development of midlife obesity. Since dietary intake and breastfeeding practice could be promoters of weight loss during postpartum, the objective of this study was to investigate their influence on weight retention during six months postpartum. The study sample consisted of 83 lactating and 76 non-lactating Croatian women who were examined a...