Breastfeeding and its impact on daily life in women with type 1 diabetes during the first six months after childbirth: a prospective cohort study

Summary, in English

For mothers with diabetes, breastfeeding is a great challenge due to their struggle with potentially unstable blood glucose levels. This paper explores breastfeeding attitudes and impact of breastfeeding on the daily life of mothers with type 1 diabetes compared with non-diabetic mothers.Methods: We performed a prospective cohort study of 108 mothers with type 1 diabetes and a reference group of 104 mothers in the west of Sweden. Data were collected through medical records and structured telephone interviews at 2 and 6 months after childbirth.

• Author: Berg M; Lena-Karin Erlandsson; Sparud-Lundin C
• Department/s: Department of Health Sciences
• Publishing year: 2012
• Language: English
• Publication/Series: International Breastfeeding Journal
• Volume: 7
• Issue: Article nr. 20
• Links: http://internationalbreastfeedingjournal.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/1746-4358-7-20; http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1746-4358-7-20
• Document type: Journal article
• Publisher: BioMed Central (BMC)
• Topic: Family Medicine
• Status: Published
• ISBN/ISSN/Other: ISSN: 1746-4358