
Maternal Metabolism, Breastmilk Composition, and Transmission to Infants

This is a pilot prospective cohort study of the differences between women with and without diabetes during pregnancy in their breast milk composition (microbiome and hormone composition), and test for group differences in the relationship of breast milk composition to infant gut microbiome characteristics, weight gain, and body composition. Women with diabetes during pregnancy (N=50) will be recruited de novo in this study, while women without diabetes (N=100) already have been enrolled and have provided consent for all necessary data involved in the comparison with the diabetic women, except that the non-diabetic women have not provided consent for the meta-genomic sequencing analysis and so will provide that consent under this protocol.
Obesity, Diabetes, Gestational
Obesity, Gestational Diabetes, Breast Milk, Microbiome, Infant Growth