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     Hi, my name is Sally Oistad and I am a Junior 2 nursing student at the
University of North Dakota. OB is the area that I am interested in and I
wish to go into and, since breastfeeding is such a huge topic in this field,
decided to do some research on breastfeeding and the bonding experience.
     I have heard many mothers talk about how breastfeeding creates a type
of special emotional bond between themselves and their baby and how it is
such a warm and loving time for the two of them. Bonnie Cox (1994) stated
that is has been shown that immediate skin to skin contact between the
mother and her child improves maternal infant bonding. But this got me
asking myself
why? Is it just simply the contact created between mother and child, or is
there actually some type of stimulation that occurs to cause this bond?
Also, does the time spent on the breast have any related factors to the
strength of this bond? Some research conducted (Barrera, Ceriani  Cernadas,
Garsd, Martinez, and Noceda, 2003) concluded that the time spent on
exclusive breastfeeding was highly correlated with positive maternal
attitudes toward breastfeeding, adequate family support, and good
mother-infant bonding. It also suggested that the mothers that had very good
bonds with their babies had spent a much greater amount of time exclusively
breastfeeding their babies than those mothers that simply had good bonds.
     Besides the contact and duration factors, I found research stating that
the hormone oxytocin, which helps to control milk ejection during
breastfeeding, helps to encourage the bond between the mother and her child
(Eriksson and Uvnas-Moberg, 1996). This article also talks about how
breastfeeding mothers state that they are calmer and experience less anxiety
and aggression than non-lactating women. I was wondering if you nurses had
any other current knowledge on this subject, or if there is any other
information you could share from experiences you've come across?
Thank you,
Sally Oistad
Student Nurse
University of North Dakota

Barrera,  L.,  Ceriani  Cernadas,  J.,  Garsd,  A.,  Martinez,  A.,  Noceda,
  G.  (2003,  January).  Maternal  and  Perinatal  Factors  Influencing  the
  Duration  of  Exclusive  Breastfeeding  During  the  First  6  Months  of
Life.  Journal  of  Human Lactation,  19  (2),  136-144.

Cox,  Bonnie.  (1994,  May).  Culture  and  Attitude  of  Birth  Caregivers.
  International  Journal  of  Childbirth  Education,  9  (2).  13-15.

Eriksson,  M.  Uvnas-Moberg,  K.  (1996,  May).  Breastfeeding:
    physiological,  endocrine  and behavioral  adaptations  caused  by
oxytocin
    and  local  neurogenic  activity  in  the  nipple  and  mammary  gland.
    Acta Paediatrica,  85  (5),  525-530.

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