Assessing the effect of changing a women's diet during breastfeeding on the levels of nutrients and hormones in their breast milk.

Not Applicable

• Conditions: Breastfeeding; Reproductive Health and Childbirth - Breast feeding; Metabolic and Endocrine - Normal metabolism and endocrine development and function

• Registration Number: ACTRN12619000606189
• Lead Sponsor: A/Prof Donna Geddes

Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

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Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Start: 2019-04-23
• Last Update Posted: 15 July 2019

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: ot yet recruiting
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 48

Inclusion Criteria

Singleton pregnancy
- Term delivery
- Women who are currently breastfeeding
- Mothers between 6 weeks and 12 weeks post-partum at the time of the first study visit
- Infants should be growing normally (<90th percentile according to WHO standards).
- Mother able to give written informed consent for herself and her infant.

Exclusion Criteria

- Known major congenital abnormalities or health issues in the infant that could significantly affect feeding behavior
- Pregnancy complications (e.g. Gestational Diabetes Mellitus, preeclampsia, fetal growth restriction)
- Pre-term infants
- Complementary feeding introduced before first study session
- Maternal diseases known to affect gastric absorption
- Maternal diabetes
- Restrictive diets (e.g. gluten free, dairy free, vegan)

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified