Previous research in India on “male bias” has shown a preference for male children, particularly if the first child is a girl: Overall: 806 girls for 1000 boys For second …
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A new approach for engaging with fathers positively in support of breastfeeding has been developed in Canada. It focuses on the idea of “breastfeeding coparenting” – how parents work together …
Fathers of pre-term infants in intensive care use social media sites to get information and seek support from other fathers. A US study, led by Dr Hyun Nam Kim at …
A small Italian study has found greater levels of stress among mothers of premature babies than among fathers. Mothers are more distressed by the alteration in their own role and …
A study of 1039 women in Mumbai has investigated the extent of non-violent “gender based household maltreatment” (GBHM) by husbands and in-laws. A woman was recorded as having experienced GBHM …
Mothers experience more stress in a neonatal intensive care unit when alone and without the father present. “It was very important to be two”, said one mother in a Norwegian …
The presence of fathers at the birth is not widespread in developing countries, but it is spreading for the same reason that it spread in developed countries: the need for …
The World Health Organisation has just declared that all women should have the right to a birth partner. This is a more sentimental post than our normal reviews of recent …
By Jennifer Abbass-Dick, Lynn Rempel, John Rempel, Tran Huu Bich, Duncan Fisher Published by The Family Initiative. Support from family is critical for the success of breastfeeding: if fathers and …
A new study has looked at what kind of support by fathers for breastfeeding works best in relation to extending its duration. Earlier research has shown that mothers breastfeed longer …