>Tessa wrote:
>"7) The women in the breastfeeding arm had:  higher rates of STDs
> (particularly syphilis), higher rates of caesarian sections, lower vitamin
A
> levels, more episiotomies and higher rates of more than 4 hours rupture of
> membranes prior to the birth. All of these are more likely to lead to
higher
> incidences of medical complications, infection, illness and possibly
death."
>
>Tessa,
>Why would this be? Just cooincidence?
I am not Tessa, but, as I understand it, the women were randomised to either
formula feeding or breastfeeding at 32 weeks of pregnancy, so either
something happened between 32 weeks and the births to change the cohorts, or
randomisation did not produce two comparable groups.

I think we will be hearing more about this study.

Magda Sachs
Breastfeeding Supporter, BfN, UK

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