Trends in breastfeeding: it is not only at the breast anymore

• Published in: Maternal and child nutrition Vol. 9; no. 2; pp. 180 - 187
• Main Authors: Geraghty, Sheela R., Sucharew, Heidi, Rasmussen, Kathleen M.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford, UK Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.04.2013
• Subjects: Adult; Bottle Feeding; Breast Feeding - trends; breast milk expression; Breast Milk Expression - trends; breast milk pumping; breastfeeding; Female; Health Surveys; human milk; Humans; Infant; Original; Postpartum Period; Retrospective Studies; Surveys and Questionnaires; United States; United States

The past characterisations of breastfeeding as being only at the breast of the mother may no longer be applicable in the United States as mothers now frequently express their milk. We conducted a retrospective cohort study with women who visited the Cincinnati Children's Breastfeeding Medicine...