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New study shows Breastfeeding Reduces the Risk of Cot Death

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IlanaK · 30/04/2008 10:47

Study released today by the FSID shows that even partial breastfeeding reduces the risk of a baby dying of cot death by one third.

Full details here

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tiktok · 30/04/2008 11:05

The other way of putting it is that formula feeding increases the risk of cot death - wonder if they will say that?

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IlanaK · 30/04/2008 11:17

Of course not! The language is aways turned on its head when it comes to bf. GMTV did a piece on it this morning (and apparantly Daily Mail - though I haven't seen it yet) and the rest of the media was only given the press release today so we may see more on it later.

Still, its nice to see a study from them that is pro bf, especially after the damage that was done with the dummy advice.

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hunkermunker · 30/04/2008 11:20

Came to link the FSIDS post to a thread here - and there's already one

Funny, I said just the same thing on the other thread, Tiktok...!

IlanaK, did you see their response to the dummy thing?

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IlanaK · 30/04/2008 11:40

Thanks Hunker - that's interesting.

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blueshoes · 30/04/2008 12:19

so true, tiktok

hunkermunker · 30/04/2008 13:08

Lack of interest in this pretty staggering, tbh.

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IlanaK · 30/04/2008 13:13

I agree. I have not seen it on BBC news at all today.

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ruddynorah · 30/04/2008 13:14

did you hear dr hilary's comment? something along the lines of...

'so it may well be that quite possibly bf may be best for babies for the first 6 months, but there's no need for anyone to feel guilty if they didn't bf.'

and the lip of the perfect example of how to put a baby to bed in a cot in parent's room....showing cot bumpers not tied securely and falling near baby's face....d'oh

blardy gmtv

onepieceoflollipop · 30/04/2008 13:14

I personally am very interested. I benefit from seeing information like this on mnet. In my local NCT branch it causes uproar at times if anything positive is said re b/feeding on our e-group. This is because people think you are "having a go" at formula feeders and get very defensive. I was told off just for mentioning a news programme showing a mum openly b/feeding on breakfast news several weeks ago.

tiktok it is of course (as you know better than me) that they will say that.

ruddynorah · 30/04/2008 13:14

clip

onepieceoflollipop · 30/04/2008 13:15

should have read "it is of course highly unlikely"

pooka · 30/04/2008 13:16

Oh gawd, not Dr Hillary!
He is honestly the crappest doctor I have ever seen on telly. Worse than Dr Karl if possible. I'd be deregistering if he was my GP.

onepieceoflollipop · 30/04/2008 13:16

p.s. nice to see hunkermunker again - or is this a "flying visit" ?

Ledodgy · 30/04/2008 13:17

But formula feeding doesn't increase the risk of cot death does it? It's saying that breast feeding can reduce the risk, the risk being the risk that all babies have from it in the first place. iyswim. Thus by breast feeding you are decreasing the risk but my formula feeding your risk is the same as before not increased iyswim.

VacantlyPretty · 30/04/2008 13:20

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IlanaK · 30/04/2008 13:24

Ledodgy, I am afraid you have that wrong. Breastfeeding is the biological norm. Therefore, anything that differs from it increases risk.

Think of smoking as a comparison. NOT smoking is the biological norm. Therefore, by smoking, you increase your risk of a whole host of things. You wouldn't see in the media a report that says "Not smoking decreases the risk of cancer!". It would say that smoking increases the risk.

Breastfeeding is the only instance in which reports on research are done in the opposite way (which is totally unscientific).

Therefore, breastfeeding experts do not usually talk about the "benefits" of breastfeeding - they talk about the risks of formula feeding. And however uncomfortable that may make people feel, it is the CORRECT way to report it.

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IlanaK · 30/04/2008 13:26

Ruddynorah - the funny thing about that clip of the cot is that it was NOT the same house or baby they filmed bf. The bf mum/baby was one of our counsellors (ABM) and she does not have a cot in her house (co-sleeps) so they actually had to find somewhere else to film that clip as they felt it was vital!

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Ledodgy · 30/04/2008 13:26

Yes Ilana now you've put it like that it makes sense.

BabiesEverywhere · 30/04/2008 15:05

Thanks for the link, makes interesting but sad reading.

tiktok · 30/04/2008 18:12

The FSID have never come out and endorsed bf in this way, and it's interesting they should do so now - none of the research quoted is very new.

Anyone know why it's now?

hoppybird · 30/04/2008 18:39

To tie in with Save a Baby Month?

weasle · 30/04/2008 18:54

very well explained ilana. i may be using that in future!

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IlanaK · 30/04/2008 19:09

Weasle, it is not my explanation. I heard Diane Weisinger (I know I have spelled that wrong) speak on this very subject at a conference. She has written eloquently on the subject too. Anyone have a link to her article?

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hunkermunker · 30/04/2008 20:23

I'd love to think it's because I emailed them to ask them to, Tiktok

tiktok · 30/04/2008 22:10

OOOOOOH.....HunkerPower

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