Characterize a population-based sample of first-time expectant mothers with regards to maternal metabolic health and their infant feeding experience.
The long range purpose of this pilot study is to inform the development of an NIH-funded randomized intervention trial designed to improve early breastfeeding outcomes for mothers planning to breastfeed. The purpose of the pilot study is to 1) described the prenatal infant feeding attitudes and intentions of population-based sample of expectant mothers from the same recruitment base as the future intervention trial, 2) characterize the metabolic health profiles of the sample and 3) estimate the prevalence of early lactation difficulties among the subset of this sample that initiates breastfeeding.
Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Enrollment
24
Early lactation difficulties
a)Estimate the prevalence of early lactation difficulties among the subset of this sample that initiates breastfeeding, b) examine the relationship between metabolic health and lactation difficulties
Time frame: 1 year
Infant feeding attitudes
describe the prenatal infant feeding attitudes and intentions of a sample of expectant mothers from the same recruitment base as the future intervention trial
Time frame: 1 year
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