Association between maternal stress and premature milk cortisol, milk IgA, and infant health: a cohort study

CB Rosen-Carole, S Greenman, H Wang… - Frontiers in …, 2024 - frontiersin.org
Background Maternal stress is pervasive in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU).
Maternal stress is associated with changes in human milk (HM) immunomodulatory agents …

Predictors of milk cortisol in North American women

R Anyim, S Li, D Armstrong, R Spathis… - American Journal of …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Objectives Human milk content varies across mother–child dyads, environments, and
populations. Among the hormones in milk is cortisol, a glucocorticoid; its impact on the …

Ramadan fasting in the third trimester of pregnancy and postpartum colostrum cortisol concentrations in Morocco

MM Guilfoyle - American Journal of Human Biology, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Breast milk cortisol concentration varies among and within lactating women, but the causes
and consequences of variation are not yet fully understood. This study investigated whether …