Sorry, the  first post did not go through. I am sending it again.



Judy wrote:



".'Time. Being the sole source of food for your little one takes a huge
amount of time and effort. Breastfed babies feed more often than formula-fed
babies. So you will be feeding every hour or so in the first month. You are
doing around-the-clock care, and it can be exhausting." '



I attended sessions at ILCA are few years ago which cited time studies
showing breastfeeding mothers spent less time with feeding duties when
including washing bottles and preparing formula, etc. Who has a reference? "





Judy,

I have this in my files, I don't have a link and I see it is not dated, but
I thought it might help.





Infant Feeding Methods and Maternal Sleep and Daytime Functioning Hawley E.
Montgomery-Downs, PhD ,Heather M. Clawges, MD, IBCLC, D-ABSM ,Eleanor E.
Santy, BA Departments of Psychology and Pediatrics, (School of Medicine),
West Virginia University, Morgantown, West Virginia



OBJECTIVE Our purpose was to explore maternal actigraphically measured
sleep, subjective sleep reports, and daytime functioning on the basis of
current feeding method status during postpartum weeks 2 through 12.

METHODS Objectively measured total sleep time, sleep efficiency, and
fragmentation, subjectively reported numbers of nocturnal awakenings, total
nocturnal wake time, and sleep quality, and sleepiness/fatigue measured by
using the fatigue visual analog scale, the Stanford Sleepiness Scale, or the
Epworth Sleepiness Scale were assessed.

RESULTS We did not find differences between women who were exclusively
breastfeeding, exclusively formula feeding, or using a combination of the 2
methods, with respect to the assessed parameters.

CONCLUSIONS Efforts to encourage women to breastfeed should include
information about sleep. Specifically, women should be told that choosing to
formula feed does not equate with improved sleep. The risks of not
breastfeeding should be weighed against the cumulative lack of evidence
indicating any benefit of formula feeding on maternal sleep.



All the best,

Riva



Riva Weissfish BA, CCE, IBCLC

Childbirth Preparation, Lactation, Parenting Workshops




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