Of interest?  The burning question is how many of the mothers were 
breastfeeding???

See 
http://blog.taragana.com/health/2009/11/20/maternal-depression-can-worsen-asthma-in-kids-16015/

Maternal depression can worsen asthma in kids
By IANS
November 20th, 2009


WASHINGTON - Maternal depression can worsen asthma symptoms in 
children, says a new study.


Analysing data from interviews with 262 mothers, Johns Hopkins 
investigators found that children whose mums had more depressive 
symptoms had more frequent asthma symptoms during the six-month study.

Conversely, children whose mothers reported fewer depressive symptoms 
had less frequent asthma symptoms.

"Even though our research was not set up to measure just how much a 
mom's depression increased the frequency of her child's symptoms, a 
clear pattern emerged in which the latter followed the earlier," says 
senior investigator Kristin Riekert, paediatric psychologist at the 
Johns Hopkins Adherence Research Centre.

Past studies have shown that children with chronic health conditions 
fare worse if their primary caregiver is depressed but none have 
teased out the exact interplay between the two.

"Intuitively, it may seem that we're dealing with a chicken-egg 
situation, but our study suggests otherwise," Riekert says.

Asthma is the leading paediatric chronic illness in the US, affecting 
6.5 million children under 18 years, according to the CDC. The 
research findings were published online in the Journal of Paediatric 
Psychology.
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Pamela Morrison IBCLC
Rustington, England

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