Good research article on the co-relation between early and consistent bed-sharing with your infant and its effects on the length of the breastfeeding relationship. Of course, as with anything else, the relationship should be mutually beneficial for both mother and baby!
Excerpts:
....."The first important point is confirmation of the relationship between bed sharing and breastfeeding." .... "Numerous researchers have now found that women who breastfeed are more likely to bed share; and that bed sharing is associated with a greater duration of breastfeeding."
...."Among infants exclusively breastfed at three months, 75% of bed-sharers were still breastfed at 12 months, versus 52% of non-sharers.
...."The prevalence of breastfeeding in each of the 15 months following birth was significantly higher among the groups that bed shared constantly or early, than among the late or non-sharers."
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