We also found that the beneficial effects of breastfeeding
were strongest at 8 weeks after birth, and that the
association was weaker at 8 months and onwards. This
finding is in line with the findings of the only other longitudinal
research in this area [37] which significant effects
at 6 weeks but not at 12 weeks postpartum. Our results are
nevertheless important, because of the established relationship
between depression, even in the very early postpartum
period, and maternal-infant bonding [38].
Estimates for the smaller group of mothers who had
shown signs of depression during pregnancy were less
precise, but differed from the estimates for non-depressed
women in two important ways. The protective effects of
breastfeeding as planned were smaller for women who had
been depressed during pregnancy; but exclusive breastfeeding
for 4 weeks appeared to exercise a protective effect
for this group, which it did not do for the women who had
not been depressed in pregnancy
We also found that the beneficial effects of breastfeeding
were strongest at 8 weeks after birth, and that the
association was weaker at 8 months and onwards. This
finding is in line with the findings of the only other longitudinal
research in this area [37] which significant effects
at 6 weeks but not at 12 weeks postpartum. Our results are
nevertheless important, because of the established relationship
between depression, even in the very early postpartum
period, and maternal-infant bonding [38].
Estimates for the smaller group of mothers who had
shown signs of depression during pregnancy were less
precise, but differed from the estimates for non-depressed
women in two important ways. The protective effects of
breastfeeding as planned were smaller for women who had
been depressed during pregnancy; but exclusive breastfeeding
for 4 weeks appeared to exercise a protective effect
for this group, which it did not do for the women who had
not been depressed in pregnancy
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