ArticleFrontiers in nutrition2022
Maternal Stress and Human Milk Antibodies During the COVID-19 Pandemic.
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- From Mind to Milk: The Influence of Psychological Factors on the Composition of Human Breast Milk.Nutrients · 2025Pooled it
- The primiparous IgA and IL-5 colostrum concentration based on maternal factor: corroborate the inflammation pathways to IgA colostrum synthesis.AJOG global reports · 2025Article
- Human milk whey proteins: Constituents, influencing factors, detection methods, and comparative analysis with other sources.Food chemistry: X · 2025Review
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- Impact of COVID-19 on Breastfeeding among SARS-CoV-2 Infected Pregnant Women: A Single Centre Survey Study.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
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Abstract
Importance: Objective: To determine whether psychological stress is increased in lactating women during the COVID-19 pandemic, and if maternal stress is associated with the level of Design: Population-based prospective cohort study. Setting: Data collection took place in the Netherlands between October 2020 and February 2021. Participants: Lactating women living in the Netherlands were eligible to participate in this study. In total, 2310 women were included. Exposures: Stress exposure during the COVID-19 pandemic was determined using the Perceived Stress Scale (PSS) questionnaire and maternal lifetime stress was determined by the Life Stressor Checklist - revised (LSC-r) questionnaire. Main Outcomes and Measures: Stress experience during the COVID-19 pandemic was compared with a pre-pandemic cohort. Results: The PSS score of lactating mothers was not increased during the pandemic compared to the PSS score in the prepandemic cohort. Six hundred ninety-one participants had Conclusions and Relevance: Our results suggest that lactating women in the Netherlands did not experience higher stress levels during the COVID-19 pandemic. Breastfed infants of mothers with high chronic stress levels receive lower amounts of antibodies through human milk, which possibly makes them more vulnerable to respiratory infections. This emphasizes the importance of psychological wellbeing during lactation.
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