ArticleInternational breastfeeding journal2020
Breastfeeding mothers with COVID-19 infection: a case series.
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- Pregnancy and COVID-19: high or low risk of vertical transmission.Clinical and experimental medicine · 2023Pooled it
- Breastfeeding prevalence in newborns of mothers with COVID-19: a systematic review.Revista brasileira de enfermagem · 2023Pooled it
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- Breastfeeding and COVID-19: From Nutrition to Immunity.Frontiers in immunologyPooled it
- "I will breastfeed until the pandemic has ceased to protect her at all costs": a qualitative analysis of black breastfeeding mothers during the COVID-19 pandemic.International breastfeeding journal · 2026Article
- Challenges of breastfeeding during COVID-19 and baby friendly protocols adopted at a maternity health center in the northern Emirates of UAE: a comprehensive review.Journal of health, population, and nutrition · 2024Review
- Breastfeeding Practices for COVID-19-Infected Mothers: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Nursing reports (Pavia, Italy) · 2024Review
- Investigating the mode of transmission of COVID-19 through genital secretions, semen, the birth canal, and lactation: A systematic review.Journal of education and health promotion · 2024Article
- Assessment of knowledge and practices of exclusive breastfeeding among rural women during the COVID-19 pandemic in Egypt: a cross sectional study.BMC women's health · 2023Article
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- Encouraging and Reinforcing Safe Breastfeeding Practices during the COVID-19 Pandemic.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Article
- Knowledge, attitude, and determinants of exclusive breastfeeding during COVID-19 pandemic among lactating mothers in Mekelle, Tigrai: a cross sectional study.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2022Article
- The COVID-19 Pandemic and Pregnancy: Impact on Mothers and Newborns.Seminars in pediatric neurology · 2022Review
- Prenatal and clinical characteristics of pregnant women infected with COVID-19 in Yazd, Iran: A multicenter cross-sectional study.International journal of reproductive biomedicine · 2022Article
- Recommendations for breastfeeding during Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic.International breastfeeding journal · 2022Review
- Impact of the fear of Covid-19 infection on intent to breastfeed; a cross sectional survey of a perinatal population in Qatar.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2022Article
- Breastfeeding in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic: A discussion paper.Journal of neonatal nursing : JNN · 2022Review
- Nursing care recommendation for pediatric COVID-19 patients in the hospital setting: A brief scoping review.PloS one · 2022Article
- Impact of the Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) Pandemic on Neonatal Nutrition: Focus on Low- and Middle-Income Countries.Current tropical medicine reports · 2022Review
- COVID-19 pandemic: Impacts on mothers' and infants' mental health during pregnancy and shortly thereafter.Clinical child psychology and psychiatry · 2022Review
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Abstract
backgroundThe first reports of the Chinese experience in the management of newborns of mothers with SARS-CoV 2 infection did not recommend mother-baby contact or breastfeeding. At present, the most important International Societies, such as WHO and UNICEF, promote breastfeeding and mother-baby contact as long as adequate measures to control COVID-19 infection are followed. In cases where maternal general health conditions impede direct breastfeeding or in cases of separation between mother and baby, health organizations encourage and support expressing milk and safely providing it to the infants.
methodsA series of 22 case studies of newborns to mothers with COVID-19 infection from March 14th to April 14th, 2020 was conducted. Mothers and newborns were followed for a median period of 1.8 consecutive months.
resultsOut of 22 mothers, 20 (90.9%) chose to breastfeed their babies during hospital admission. Timely initiation and skin to skin contact at delivery room was performed in 54.5 and 59.1%, respectively. Eighty two percent of newborns to mothers with COVID-19 were fed with breast milk after 1 month, decreasing to 77% at 1.8 months. Six of 22 (37.5%) mothers with COVID-19 required transitory complementary feeding until exclusive breastfeeding was achieved. During follow-up period, there were no major complications, and no neonates were infected during breastfeeding.
conclusionsOur experience shows that breastfeeding in newborns of mothers with COVID-19 is safe with the adequate infection control measures to avoid mother-baby contagion. Supplementing feeding with pasteurized donor human milk or infant formula may be effective, until exclusive breastfeeding is achieved.
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