La Leche League of South Bend

The Developmental & Behavioral Pediatrics at the Cohen Children's Medical Center of New York is interested in studying the experiences of mothers who chose to breastfeed their infants beyond one year of age.    They are particularly interested in learning more about these mothers' experiences with their health care providers, families, and friends regarding prolonged nursing and where these mothers found the support they needed. Eventually the researchers' goal is to share the results at the annual Pediatric Academic Societies' meeting --- the preeminent pediatric research meeting.    They also plan to submit the findings to one of the peer-reviewed pediatric journals for publication and perhaps to the American   Academy  of Pediatrics as well. The results could eventually impact the training of young pediatricians during their residencies. This survey is for all mothers who have ever breastfed a child beyond a year. ...

Times are changing. We're looking for a new location for the evening meeting. We would also like to evaluate how we can best support local breastfeeding mothers. We have a short survey for local breastfeeding mothers and we look forward to getting your feedback. Follow this link to the survey. We appreciate you taking the time to answer our questions. We have tried to leave plenty of opportunity for more information to be submitted but if you have other suggestions or questions, please email us at lllofsouthbend@gmail.com .

Drs. Kathleen Kendall-Tackett and Thomas Hale are researching mothers' sleep and fatigue, and invite mothers with babies under 12 mos. old to take their survey. They would like to include breastfeeding and non-breastfeeding women, and women of all ethnicities and income levels. The survey takes 20-30 min. and is completely confidential. It has been approved by the Institutional Review Board at Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Amarillo, Texas. The link for the survey is: http://neonatal.ttuhsc.edu/lact The researchers hope to document: Where and how much do babies sleep? Are mothers who breastfeed and co-sleep more or less tired than mothers who don’t? Are mothers telling their friends, relatives and health care providers where their babies sleep? Are there ethnic group differences in where babies sleep? What is the role of depression, psychological trauma and difficult birth in mothers’ ongoing daytime fatigue? www.GraniteScientific.com www.Breastfee...