Talk:Breastfeeding

Useful source

Here a recent New Yorker piece with lots of sources within it, if anyone wants to add bits to our article: [1].

Breastfeeding Orgasm

Some women experience orgasm during breast-feeding, despite not being sexually aroused, due to the stimulation of the nipples and the release of oxytocin, a hormone that causes uterine contractions. Source: Touch Me There! By Yvonne K. Fulbright http://books.google.ca/books?id=ngakMuLJO7wC&pg=PP1&dq=touch+me+there+by+yvonne+k+fulbright .

Infant weight gain

I think this section needs revising. Here are some of the problems:

The advice on average weight gain appears to be at odds with that of the literature. Take this article: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1511152/pdf/archdisch00623-0016.pdf It says that monitoring infant weight gain is not as simple as it seems. The solution proposed was to convert weight to a standard deviation score, and this might be the way to go in this article.

• The advice on average weight gain is not attributed to any authority, reliable or not.
• The advice is only expressed in ounces, whereas the medical literature is in grams.

I think this needs revision by someone with medical knowledge. Michael Glass (talk) 23:12, 11 January 2011 (UTC)

Indeed not so simple as it appears (PMID 19117867). There are links between too much weight gain diabetes (PMID 19363100), obesity and many other adverse outcomes (PMID 17033515). Feeding techniques may have less influence than prenatal and other factors (PMID 9440369). I am too busy to look at it anytime soon - keep in mind quite often less information is better. Richiez (talk) 12:19, 23 February 2011 (UTC)

Agreed. I have removed the section. Michael Glass (talk) 05:38, 25 February 2011 (UTC)

Palin vs Palin

Worth a mention? Hcobb (talk) 22:39, 24 February 2011 (UTC)

Removing content from introduction

It says "Recent British research" but is so confusingly formulated that it is not clear which recent research and not needed anyway. Richiez (talk) 00:19, 27 February 2011 (UTC)

Recent British research suggested that though breastfeeding was still recommended for 4 months, solid food should be introduced after that to reduce the incidence of iron deficiency, allergies to peanuts and early onset coeliac disease. However, the British Department of Health stated, "Breast milk provides all the nutrients a baby needs up to six months of age and we recommend exclusive breastfeeding for this time." The WHO recommendation for exclusive breastfeeding for 6 months is important in developing countries where there is a higher incidence of gastroenteritis. This research has been criticized as biased as the paper states three of the four authors "have performed consultancy work and/or received research funding from companies manufacturing infant formulas and baby foods within the past three years".

Hormones

Do babies always get a whole lot of estrogen from the milk, or is that just a rare occurrence? I've heard of, like, babies lactating, and that makes me worry what might happen if a kid kept nursing for years, which otherwise sounds like the common sense thing to do indefinitely.