Maternal probiotic milk intake during pregnancy and breastfeeding complications in the Norwegian Mother and Child Cohort Study.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

During the time of breastfeeding, a third of all women contract (or: fall ill in) mastitis-the leading cause of precocious weaning. Recent studies indicate that probiotics intake may prevent mastitis by altering the breast's bacterial flora. The aim of this study was to examine whether probiotic milk intake during pregnancy is associated with less breastfeeding complications and longer breastfeeding duration.

Methods

This study included 57,134 women, with live singleton term births, participating in the Norwegian Mother and Child Cohort Study. Probiotic milk intake during the first half of pregnancy was self-reported in a validated food frequency questionnaire at gestational week 22. At 6 month postpartum, women reported complications, including mastitis, and duratio

SUBMITTER: Karlsson S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7351866 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature