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Maternal Stress, Human Milk Composition, and Neurodevelopmental and Feeding Outcomes

Status: Recruiting

This study explores the associations between maternal stress, breastmilk composition, and feeding and neurodevelopment for preterm infants in the NICU and at 4 months corrected age.

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Sex: Male or Female
Age Group: Up to 18 years old
This study is NOT accepting healthy volunteers
Inclusion Criteria:

• preterm infant born between 28 0/7 and 32 6/7 weeks' gestation
• mother is 18 to 45 years of age at the time of delivery
• mother's BMI between 18.5 to 40 kg/m^2 before pregnancy or at first trimester
Exclusion Criteria:

• preterm babies with significant health issues at birth
• mothers: a) alcohol consumption >1 drink per week or any tobacco use during pregnancy, b) history/current Type I or II diabetes or gestational diabetes mellitus, c) known congenital metabolic, endocrine disease or congenital illness affecting infant feeding/growth
Conditions:

Children's Health, Women's Health

Keywords:

Breast Milk, Maternal Stress, Neurodevelopmental and Feeding, Preterm baby, Preterm feeding

Study Contact: Emily Nagel - nagel127@umn.edu
Principal Investigator: Emily Nagel
IRB Number: STUDY00016926
See this study on ClinicalTrials.gov

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