Association between postpartum depression and the practice of exclusive breastfeeding in the first three months of life

Silva, Catarine Santos da; Lima, Marília C.; Sequeira-de-Andrade, Leopoldina Augusta Souza; Oliveira, Juliana Souza; Monteiro, Jailma Santos; Lima, Niedja M.S.; Santos, Rijane M.A.B.; Lira, Pedro Israel Cabral de

doi:10.1016/j.jpedp.2017.01.003

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“…Nevertheless, some candidate factors influencing the associations may be common to both types of countries, including household income, which may be connected both with maternal mental health and children's malnutrition . Another candidate is maternal feeding behaviors, which is also associated both with maternal depression and children's nutritional state . Intriguingly, the authors of the U.S. study argue that mothers with PPD may have difficulty recognizing signs of satiety in their children and use more mechanistic methods of feeding .…”

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Does maternal postpartum depression affect children's developmental outcomes?

Aoyagi

Tsuchiya

2019

J of Obstet and Gynaecol

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Aim: The etiology of maternal postpartum depression (PPD) remains inconclusive, and there is no consensus concerning whether maternal PPD affects children's developmental outcomes. Consequently, in this literature review, we examined whether maternal PPD affects children's physical, neuromotor, language and general cognitive development. Methods: We conducted an electronic search using PubMed to select case-control and cohort studies that addressed maternal depression, depressive episodes or depressive symptoms among postpartum (within 6 months) women. We omitted studies that focused on a specific population (e.g. preterm infants). Results: The methodological problems of prior studies indicate that their findings must be interpreted with caution. Insufficient and or inconsistent evidence has supported associations between maternal PPD and children's developmental trajectories. Nevertheless, some key studies have revealed findings that require further analysis, including the associations between maternal PPD and children's stunted growth/being underweight in developed countries, the slight delay in children's fine motor development, and in children's language development. Conclusion:Although several studies have investigated the longstanding effects of maternal PPD on children's physical and neurodevelopment, no conclusive evidence has elucidated a relationship between maternal PPD and all four domains of child developmentphysical, neuromotor, language and general cognitive ability. Therefore, large-scale, longitudinal studies with a long-term follow-up periodextending to school age and beyondare needed. Moreover, confounding factors should be carefully considered. Specifically, household income, parental education, breastfeeding, bonding/attachment and paternal mental health may be associated with maternal mental health and children's neurodevelopment.

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Section: Physical Development (Weight and Height)mentioning

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Does maternal postpartum depression affect children's developmental outcomes?

Aoyagi

Tsuchiya

2019

J of Obstet and Gynaecol

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“…[10][11][12] Thus, some determinants, such as low schooling and lack of maternal guidance, absence of the father, mother working, maternal choice not to breastfeed, and postpartum depression are related to early weaning. [13][14][15][16] Studies carried out by Carrascoza et al 17 and Moreira et al 11 pointed out that BF promotes both positive and negative feelings in nursing mothers. Although BF represents a challenge, mothers who breastfed expressed feelings of pleasure, satisfaction, and fulfillment as mothers.…”

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"Breast milk is important": what do nursing mothers in Fortaleza think about breastfeeding?

Peixoto

Britto³

et al. 2019

Rev. Bras. Saude Mater. Infant.

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Objectives: to analyze the meaning of breastfeeding for nursing mothers, users of the public health network in Fortaleza city, Ceará. Methods: a cross-sectional study was carried out with nursing mothers from nine health units. The data were collected through the application of a socioeconomic and health questionnaire and the Word Free Association Test, using "breastfeeding" as an induced stimulus. The terms referred to in the Word Free Association Test were grouped into categories and analyzed by the EVOC 2000 ®software, which showed the results in a fourcell table, where the categories were distributed according to the level of meaning to the mothers. Results: the sample consisted of 279 nursing mothers. More than 60% of these women referred in receiving guidance on breastfeeding in prenatal, puerperal and childcare consultations, and 68% of them reported having no difficulties in breastfeeding. The most significant categories identified by the Word Free Association Test were: Milk, Important, Health, and Love. Conclusions: for the nursing mothers, breastfeeding is an important practice, represented by the breast milk itself, which is permeated by positive meanings. Knowing these meanings helps to understand the factors associated to early weaning, making it possible to reconstruct care directed to this public.

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“…Although breastfeeding has 769 been recognized as the optimal method of infant feeding for the first 6 months of life, many mothers in both developed and developing countries do not breastfeed (10) . Postpartum depression can disrupt care-giving activities, including infant feeding practices, resulting in child malnutrition (11) .…”

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