Hi All,

 

I couldn't resist looking for it - so found it and here it is quoted.
Rather sad if you ask me.

 

The percentage of women who report that they are still breastfeeding at 6
months

postpartum reached a high of 32.5 percent in 2001. At 6 months postpartum,
38.5 percent

of White, 38.2 percent of Hispanic, 32 percent of Native American and 21.9
percent of

African American women were still breastfeeding.83 There is a long list of
reasons why

breastfeeding is good for infants. Whether reducing the risk of SIDS should
be added to

that list remains unclear. Breastfeeding is a weak protective factor for
SIDS compared

to sleep position, which is why studies vary in whether an effect was even
found. Data

presented at the Society for Pediatric Research is probably the strongest
data for an

association yet seen.

The 2005 AAP policy statement on SIDS, The Changing Concept of Sudden Infant
Death

Syndrome: Diagnostic Coding Shifts, Controversies Regarding the Sleeping
Environment,

and New Variables to Consider in Reducing Risk, states that although
breastfeeding is

beneficial and should be promoted for many reasons, the AAP Task Force on
Sudden

Infant Death Syndrome believes that the evidence is insufficient to
recommend

breastfeeding as a strategy to reduce the risk of SIDS.

Regardless of whether it is protective against SIDS, breastfeeding is
clearly beneficial

for the overall health of an infant. It would be remiss, however, if
breastfeeding was not

addressed in the context of how it relates to bedsharing.

Bedsharing, as previously discussed, is a risk factor for SIDS that has also
been promoted

by some breastfeeding groups and lactation consultants to increase the
number of

breastfeeding mothers. This is currently a very controversial debate as to
how to address

the risks of bedsharing while encouraging breastfeeding.

 


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