Perinatal antidepressant use and breastfeeding outcomes: Findings from the Norwegian Mother, Father and Child Cohort Study.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Antidepressant use is common in the perinatal period, but there are concerns that it can negatively impact on breastfeeding outcomes. The aim of this study was to examine the effects of perinatal antidepressant use on breastfeeding initiation and duration.

Material and methods

This was a retrospective analysis of 80 882 mother-infant dyads in the Norwegian Mother, Father and Child Cohort Study (MoBa). Women were first classified according to self-reported mental disorders and timing of antidepressant use before and/or after gestational week 28 (i.e., early-mid-gestation and/or late-gestation use). We subsequently classified women according to self-reported mental disorders and antidepressant use postpartum and whether antidepressants were continued from late ges

SUBMITTER: Grzeskowiak LE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9564556 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature