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Mon, 28 Jan 2008 16:35:42 +1100
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Umm... how did they get Human Research Ethics Committee approval for this?
This is diabolical.  I am speechless.  I really hope someone has written a
letter to the editor to point this out. 
Nina Berry
Australia (where getting ethics approval is like standing on your head while
juggling fire)

I know this should be a "duh" statement, but I really want to share this
with you all because maybe you can share it with your Managers/Pediatricians
and probably most importantly new mommies!  I hope this can give you (that
work in hospitals) some evidence based research to support what you already
know.  Now you have the evidence to back it up.  I know how difficult it is
and how hard your heads hurt from banging them against the proverbial wall.

Here is the study again from Hale's newletter :
 J Med Assoc Thai. 2007 Oct;90(10):1977-80

Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Faculty of Medicine, Ramathibodi
Hospital, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand.

OBJECTIVE: To compare the time of colostrum expression and quantity of
breast milk between early postpartum women who practiced exclusively
breastfeeding and who had combined breast and bottle feeding. MATERIAL AND
METHOD: Seventy mothers who delivered term normal, singleton infants were
voluntarily recruited during immediate postpartum period and allocated into
two groups. Study group was 35 mothers who practiced exclusively
breastfeeding and 35 mothers who practiced combined breast and bottle
feeding were control group. Expression of colostrum at 12, 24, and 48 hours
and quantity of breast milk at 48 hours after delivery were evaluated and
compared between two groups. RESULTS: At 12 and 24 hours after delivery,
65.7% and 88.6% of study group had colostrum compared to 37.1% and 68.6% in
control group, respectively. The difference was significantly higher in
study group. However, at 48 hours after delivery, there was no statistical
difference in both groups. Quantity of breast milk at 48 hours after
delivery was 5 mL (2, 10) in the study group compared to 2 mL (0, 8) in the
control group, which was significantly different. CONCLUSION: Exclusively
breastfeeding since immediate postpartum significantly promote earlier
expression of colostrum and higher quantity of breast milk.

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