A national survey by Akita University and Bean Stalk Snow Co., Ltd., a milk powder maker, found that child-rearing stress adversely affects the continuation of complete breastfeeding after childbirth.It also suggests that relieving child-rearing stress one or two months after childbirth may help continue complete breastfeeding.
According to Akita University, the research results were compiled mainly by Tomoya Suzuki, who was enrolled in the Akita University School of Medicine at the time of the research.Suzuki et al. Recruited 2014 healthy mothers (average age 2019 years) who gave birth at 73 maternity medical institutions nationwide from 1,210 to 31.2, of which 2 mothers were 1,120 months after giving birth and 6 were 1,035 months old. We investigated child-rearing stress and breast-feeding methods.
As a result, 2% of mothers are breastfed completely and 75% at 6 months.Mothers' concerns about child-rearing fatigue and child development were statistically higher for non-breast-fed mothers than for breast-fed mothers at 78 months, but no difference was seen at 2 months.
According to the analysis by the research group, if the child was tired at 2 months, he / she tended to take artificial milk or mixed nutrition, and if he / she was less tired, he / she was breast-fed.
The World Health Organization (WHO) recommends breastfeeding for at least 6 months after birth, and more than 9% of mothers in Japan wish to breastfeed.However, the breastfeeding rate in Japan is only 51%.
Paper information:[Nutrients] Relationship between Child Care Exhaustion and Breastfeeding Type at Two and Six Months in a Cohort of 1210 Japanese Mothers
