We were just discussing this. This article was in Medscape. http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/824764?nlid=56971_2822&src=wnl_edit_medp_nurs&uac=136580FK&spon=24

Here are some points from the article:

"Overall, 18.5% of the mothers reported sharing a bed with their infants; among Hispanic mothers, this rose to 28.0%. Regionally, women in the West were more likely to cosleep"

"In addition, 10.3% of mothers put their infants to sleep on their stomachs; among black mothers, this rose to 22.0%. Regionally, women in the South were more likely to put infants to sleep on their stomachs"

"Dr. Colson was asked whether breast-feeding mothers are more likely to share a bed with their infants. "I think they're inter-related, but I don't know that we understand it fully," she responded. "We'd like to find a way to put out recommendations that we know will be safer but not have an impact on something else that is very important, such as breast-feeding," she explained"

"In fact, it's possible that breast-feeding advocacy is working counter to the recommendation that infants not sleep in the same bed as the mother.

"There is a belief that breast-feeding is easier when cobedding," said Sunah Hwang, MD, a neonatologist at Boston Children's Hospital, who presented research during the same session."

"Many breast-feeding advocates actually support cobedding to increase breast-feeding rates. We're at a point where there is some tension between adhering to safe sleep practices and promotion of breast-feeding in some communities," she told Medscape Medical News."


The comment section is worth reading as well. I also noted that they did not state a difference between co-bedding and co-sleeping.

Jessica Callahan RN, IBCLC
NC, USA

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