Effect of Prenatal and Postnatal Intervention Strategies on Breastfeeding Outcomes in Women With Excessive Weight (Ready, Set, Nourish Study)
Recruiting
N/A
Interventional Study
Breastfeeding
Dietary Intervention
Milk Expression, Breast
No Placebo Group
Every participant receives an active treatment — no one gets a placebo.
At a Glance
- Age
- 18 and older
- Sex
- Female
- Study type
- Interventional
- Purpose
- Treatment
- Participants needed
- 240 (estimated)
- Sponsor
- Arkansas Children's Hospital Research Institute · Other
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About This Trial
This study is about preparing women with excessive weight to have better breastfeeding outcomes. By doing this study, the investigators hope to learn more about how hand expression of breast milk or colostrum during pregnancy can help prepare a mother to breastfeed after she has her baby and about how her diet affects the composition of her breast milk and her baby's growth and development.
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Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria
* Age 18 or older
* Less than 37 weeks of pregnant with singleton fetus
* Pre-pregnancy excessive weight (Body Mass Index ≥ 25 kg/m2)
* Interested in breastfeeding
* Willing to express colostrum from around 37 weeks of pregnancy if randomized to the prenatal intervention group
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