Introduction: Different factors affect lactating mothers' desires for choosing a contraceptive method in postpartum period. For example, the role of family planning education is worth to mention. The aim of this research was to determine the relationship between familily planning education during pregnancy and at postnatal ward, and lactating mothers' desires for choosing a contraceptive method...

OBJECTIVE To identify factors associated with anaemia in lactating mothers in Ethiopia. DESIGN A cross-sectional secondary analysis of data pooled from two rounds of the 2005 and 2011 Ethiopian Demographic and Health Survey (EDHS) was used. A multivariate logistic regression model was applied to determine the factors associated with anaemia. POPULATION A total of 7332 lactating mothers (228...

the purpose of this study was to determine the effects of feeding iron-deficient diet during pregnancy and lactation on maternal rats. a total number of 64 rats were divided into 4 groups (pregnant), (non pregnant), (lactating) and (non lactating) with 16 animals in each group. parameters used to evaluate the effects of dietary iron deficiency on the maternal animals were: iron contents of live...

The effects of the two sterilants, quinestrol (QE) and levonorgestrel (LNG) on serum prolactin (PRL) level in lactating Mongolian gerbils and reproductive parameters of their offspring were examined in the study. Both sterilants increased the serum PRL level in lactating gerbils. The body weight as well as weights of the ovary, testis, epididymides, and seminal vesicles were lower, whereas that...

1. The chromium in the diets of lactating Finnish mothers and of their breast milk was determined by graphite furnace atomic absorption. 2. The average maternal diet was estimated to provide approximately 30 micrograms Cr/d. Breast milk samples has a mean Cr content of 0.4 ng/ml, with a range of 0.19-0.69 ng/ml. 3. Cr intake of the lactating mothers did not correlate with the corresponding brea...

BACKGROUND The nutritional consequences of HIV infection in lactating women are unknown. OBJECTIVE To measure the body composition of South African lactating women in relation to HIV status. METHODS Fat-free mass (FFM) and fat mass (FM) using bioimpedance spectrometry (BIS) and anthropometric measurements were obtained at 8 and 24 weeks postpartum in 92 HIV-infected (HIVpos) and 50 HIV-unin...

Background: Nutritional status of women is particularly important, because it is through women and their offspring that the pernicious effects of malnutrition are propagated to future generations. The extra calories and nutrients required to support breastfeeding makes lactating mothers among groups with special nutritional needs. Nevertheless, many African lactating mothers, including Ethiopia...

BACKGROUND The effect of Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) on the immune system is well documented however; its impact on the nutritional and immunological qualities of the breast milk is scarce. AIM Levels of some essential trace metals, albumin and antioxidant status in the plasma and breast milk of Nigerian HIV-infected lactating mothers were determined. MATERIALS AND METHODS Essential ...

BACKGROUND Lactating mothers from low-income settings are considered as a nutritionally vulnerable group. Due to the nursing process, mothers are subjected to nutritional stresses. Frequent pregnancies followed by lactation increase the health risk of mothers resulting in a high maternal mortality. OBJECTIVE To assess the feeding practices, nutritional status and associated factors of lactati...

background: the occurrence of aflatoxin m1 (afm1) in milk, especially breast milk, is a valuable biomarker for ex-posure determination to aflatoxin b1 (afb1). in the present study, the risk of exposure to afm1 in infants fed breast milk was investigated. methods: an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (elisa) was used for the analysis of afm1 in breast milk samples from 132 lactating mothers refe...