Links & Resources

• Morton_1998_Early Pregnancy Factor
• Linzer_1999_Placenta and prolactin family of hormones: regulation of physiology of pregnancy
• Mittendorf_1990_The Length of Uncomplicated Human Gestation
• Sparks_2012_Detection of Trisonomy from maternal blood

General

•     The evidence for common midwifery practices during the second stage of labour
•     Cahill_2012_Impact of fetal gender on the labor curve_summary
•     Noel-Weiss_2011_Maternal fluids during parturition and weight loss in infants
•     Rijnders_2008_Factors related to Negative or positive recall of birth experience 3 years postpartum in NL
•     Sarah Buckley_2015_Hormonal Physiology of Childbearing - Evidence and Implications for Women, Babies, and Maternity Care

Doulas - continuous labour support

•     Bohren_2017_Continuous support for women during childbirth (Review)_abstract
•     Campbell_2006_A Randomized Control Trial of Continuous Support in Labor by a Lay Doula
•     McGrath_2008_randomized-controlled-trial doula effect on C-section rates

C-section and VBAC

•     Cyr_2006_Myth of the ideal cesarean section rate - Commentary and historic perspective
•     Gibbons_2012_Inequities in the use of c-section in the world_summary
•     Landon_2006_Risk of Uterine Rupture With a Trial of Labour in women with multiple and single prior c section

Interventions

•     Hannah_1992_Post-term induction of labour vs. antenatal monitoring

Cord clamping

•     Hutton_2007_Late vs early umbilical cord clamping in full-term neonates
•     Mercer_2001_review of literature on umbilical cord clamping

•     Dennis_2007_Traditional postpartum practices and rituals - a qualitative sytsematic review
•     Eberhard-Gran_2010_Postnatal care - a cross-cultural and historical perspective
•     Johnston-AtaAta_2018_Expectations and emotional experiences of support in the early postnatal period
•     Milosaljevic_2016_PTSD after vaginal delivery at primiparous women
• Mutic_2017_The Postpartum Maternal and Newborn Microbiomes

Breast is best

• Anderson_2012_The role of intestinal barrier function in early life in the dev of colitis
• Bahl_2005_Infant feeding patterns and risks of death and hospitalization in the first half of infancy
• Britton_2006_Breastfeeding, Sensitivity, and Attachment
• Duijts_2010_Prolonged and exclusive breastfeeding reduces the risk of infectious diseases in infancy
• Gooze_2011_Prolonged Bottle Use and Obesity at 5.5 Years of Age in US Children
• Hassiotou_2013_Maternal and infant infections stimulate a rapid leukocyte response in breastmilk
• Howie_1990_Protective effect of breast feeding against infection
• Karlsson_2005_Maternity and bone mineral density
• McNiel_2010_What are the Risks Associated with Formula Feeding
• Sanchez_2013_circandian profile amino acids human milk
• Victoria_2015_Association between breastfeeding and intelligence, educational attainment, and income at 30 years of age - a prospective birth cohort study from Brazil
• Wall_2010_outcomes of breastfeeding vs formula feeding
• Wiklund_2012_Lactation is associated with greater maternal bone size and bone strength later in life

Microbiology, lactation & nutrition

• de filippo_2010_impact of diet on gut microbiota africa europe
• Feehley_2019_Healthy infants harbor intestinal bacteria that protect against food allergy
• Fernandez_2013_human milk microbiota
• Martín_2012_Sharing of Bacterial Strains between breast milk and infant feces_ gut colonization
• Soto_2014_Lactobacilli and Bifidobacteria in Human Breast Milk: Influence of Antibiotherapy and Other Host and Clinical Factors

Breastfeeding complications

• Arroyo_2010_Treating of Mastitis during lactation - probiotics vs antibiotics
• Brent_2001_Thrush in the breastfeeding dyad: Results of a survey on diagnosis and treatment
• Jimenez_2017_Mammary candidiasis - a medical condition without scientific evidence

Poilcy, society & education

• Cordain_2005_origin and evolution western diet - health implications 21 century
• Costa_2006_The impact of an educational intervention on breastfeeding
• Rippeyoung_2012_costs of breastfeeding working mothers US
• Smith_2008_Health professional knowledge of Breastfeeding - are health risks of formula accurately conveyed
• Stevens_2009_history of infant feeding

Solids

• Neu_2008_Gastrointestinal Development - Implications for Infant Feeding
• Sachs_2011_Baby led weaning and current UK recommendations: are they compatible?
• Stevens_2009_history of infant feeding
• Tandoi_2017_Introducing complementary foods in the first year of life
• Togias_2016_Addendum guidelines for prevention peanut allergy in the US - SPONSORED EXPERT PANEL
• WHO_PAHO_2003_GUIDING PRINCIPLES FOR COMPLEMENTARY FEEDING OF THE BREASTFED CHILD
• Wright-C.M._2011_Is baby led weaning feasible When do babies first reach out for and eat finger foods

Guidelines & recommendations

• Boies_2016_ABM protocol 10-breastfeeding the late pre-term and ealry term infants
• Sachs_2011_Baby led weaning and current UK recommendations: are they compatible?
• WHO_2006_Child Growth standards
• WHO_INFANT AND YOUNG CHILD FEEDING_for med students
• WHO_PAHO_2003_GUIDING PRINCIPLES FOR COMPLEMENTARY FEEDING OF THE BREASTFED CHILD

• Blair_2009_Hazardous cosleeping environments
• Blunden_2011_Behavioural sleep treatments and night time crying in infants: Challenging the status quo
• Gettler_2010_Evolutionary Perspectives on Mother–Infant Sleep Proximity and Breastfeeding in a Laboratory Setting
• Jenni_2005_Pediatrics_ sleep in children culture and biology
• Kemp_1996_rebreathing exhaled gases - prone sleep and SIDS
• Marinelli_2019_Integrated Analysis of Maternal-Infant Sleep, Breastfeeding and SIDS Research Supporting a Balanced Discourse
• McKenna_2005_Why babies should never sleep alone: A review of the co-sleeping controversy in relation to SIDS, bedsharing and breastfeeding
• McKenna_2014_Night waking among breastfeeding mothers and infants
• Middlemiss_2012_Asynchrony of mother-infant hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis activity following extinction of infant crying responses induced during the transition to sleep
• Morgan_2011_Should neonates sleep alone
• Whittingham_2014_OPTIMIZING PARENT-INFANT SLEEP FROM BIRTH TO 6 MONTHS - A NEW PARADIGM

• Boies_2016_ABM protocol 10-breastfeeding the late pre-term and ealry term infants
• Ludington-Hoe_2006_Breast and Infant Temperatures With Twins during shared kangaroo care

• Esposito_2013_Infant Calming Responses by Carrying in Humans and Mice
• Eisler_2002_Nurture, Nature and Caring
• Bornstein_2017_Neurobiology of culturally common maternal responses to infant cry
• Gettler_McKenna_2010_evolutionary persp on mother-infant sleep proximity and BF lab setting
• Jenni_2005_Pediatrics_ sleep in children culture and biology
• McKenna_2014_Night waking among breastfeeding mothers and infants
• Piallini_2015_parental brain - cerebral areas activated by infant cries and faces
• Schon_2007_evol psych_ Natural parenting - back to basics in infant care
• Whittingham_2014_OPTIMIZING PARENT-INFANT SLEEP FROM BIRTH TO 6 MONTHS - A NEW PARADIGM

• Coplan_2002_Authoritative and Authoritarian Mothers Parenting
• Darling_1993_parenting style as context
• Eisler_2002_Nurture, Nature and Caring
• Ferber_2009_The father-infant co-regulation and infant social proficiency
• Schon_2007_Natural parenting - back to basics in infant care
• Steinberg_1994_parenting styles impact on adolescents over time
• Swain_2012_parenting and beyond - common neurocircuits underlying parental and altruistic caregiving

• Bornstein_2017_Neurobiology of culturally common maternal responses to infant cry
• Center on the Developing Child_Harvard_WP2_children's emotional dvpt and brain architecture
• Esposito_2013_Infant Calming by Carrying in Humans and Mice
• Luby_2012_Maternal support in early childhood predicts larger hippocampal volumes at school age
• Miller_2010_Benefits of attachment parenting for infants and children_Harvard
• Nichols_2015_Toddlers’ Responses to Infants’ Negative Emotions
• Shonkoff_2011_child dvpt research for the public and policymakers
• Strathearn_2008_What's in a Smile - Maternal Brain Responses to Infant Facial Cues

• ByersHeinlein_2010_The roots of Bilingualism in newborns
• Center on the Developing Child_Harvard_WP5_Timing_Quality_Early_Experiences
• Center on the Developing Child_WP9_Persistent Fear and Anxiety Can Affect Young Children's Learning and Development
• Ramsden_2011_Verbal and nonverbal intelligence changes in the teenage brain
• Sharp_2002_School Starting Age - European Policy and Recent Research
• Shonkoff_2011_Translating child dvpt research for the public and policymakers
• WHO_Improving the lives of children - case studies from Europe - Early years

• Bourvis_2017_pre linguistic communication in infants
• Center on the Developing Child_Harvard_WP1_Young Children Develop in an Environment of Relationships

Attachment in children

• Fearon_2010_The Significance of Insecure Attachment and Disorganization in the Development of Children's Externalizing Behavior
• Hofer_2005_The psychobiology of early attachment
• Miller_2010_Benefits of attachment parenting for infants and children_Harvard
• Schore&Schore_2007_Modern Attachment Theory- The Central Role of Affect Regulation
• Schore_2000_Attachment and the regulation of the right brain
• Schore_2001_effects of secure attachment relationship on right brain dev, affect regulation and infant mental health
• Schore_2005_Attachment, affect regulation and the developing right brains - neuroscience pediatrics

Attachment in adults

• Collins_2013_Attachment and caregiving in adult close relationships - normative processes and individual differences
• Gaziano_2017_Adult attachment style and beliefs about public affairs and scientific issues
• Hautamaki_2011_Transmission of attachment across three generations
• Mayseless_2007_Reliance on leaders and social institutions An attachment perspective
• Shah_2010_Is attachment transmitted across generations
• Strathearn_2009_Adult attachment predicts maternal response to infant cues

Psychology, brain and behaviour

• Eisler_2002_Nurture, Nature and Caring
• Esposito_2013_Infant Calming Responses during maternal Carrying in Humans and Mice
• Isles_2008_Epigenetics_what is it and why is it important to mental disease
• Luby_2012_Maternal support in early childhood predicts larger hippocampal volumes at school age
• Piallini_2015_parental brain - cerebral areas activated by infant cries and faces
• Strathearn_2008_What's in a Smile - Maternal Brain Responses to Infant Facial Cues
• Strathearn_2009_Adult attachment predicts maternal response to infant cues
• Strathearn_2011_Maternal Neglect - Oxytocin, Dopamine and the Neurobiology of Attachment
• Swain_2007_Brain basis of early parent-infant interactions

Epigenetics

• Center on the Developing Child_Harvard_WP10_Early experiences influence gene expression and affect development
• Isles_2008_Epigenetics_what is it and why is it important to mental disease
• Luby_2012_Maternal support in early childhood predicts larger hippocampal volumes at school age
• Luijk_2011_Association between parenting and attachment mediated by SNP in mineralcorticoid receptor gene (epigenetics)
• Mitchell_2015_epigenetic early life environment and health outcomes
• Moore_2017_Epigenetic correlates of neonatal contact in humans

Neurobiology

• Bornstein_2017_Neurobiology of culturally common maternal responses to infant cry
• Ferber_2004_The Effect of Skin-to-Skin Contact on Neurobehavioral Responses of the Term Newborn
• Parsons_2017_Duration of motherhood has incremental effects on mothers neural processing of infant vocal cues
• Simpson_2014_the mirror neuron system as revealed through neonatal imitation

Biochemistry and endocrinology

• Gordon_2010_Oxytocin and development of parenting
• Middlemiss_2012_Asynchrony of mother-infant hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis activity following CIO

Circumcision

• AAP_2012_Male circumcision
• Morris_2012_Circumcision and lifetime risk of UTIs_meta-analysis
• Moses_1998_Male circumcision - assessments of health benefits and risks
• Schoen_2006_Ignoring evidence of circumcision benefits
• Tobian_2011_Medical benefits of circumcision

Microbiome

• Cabrera-Rubio_2012_The human milk microbiome changes over lactation and is shaped by maternal weight and mode of delivery
• Feehley_2019_Healthy infants harbor intestinal bacteria that protect against food allergy
• Mutic_2017_The Postpartum Maternal and Newborn Microbiomes

Other

• Hutchison_2010_A RCT of positioning treatments in infants with positional head shape deformities
• Ludington-Hoe_2006_Breast and Infant Temperatures With Twins during shared kangaroo care
• Neu_2008_Gastrointestinal Development - Implications for Infant Feeding
• WHO_2006_Child Growth standards

• Jordan_2014_elimination-communication-as-colic-therapy
• Rugolotto_2007_A surging new interest on toilet training started during the first months of age in Western countries (full text not available yet)
• Rugolotto_2008_Toilet training started during the first year of life: A report on elimination signals, stool toileting refusal and completion age (full text unavailable)