Bed-sharing and Rates of Breastfeeding

Anne Eglash, MD and Karen Bodnar, MD

Evidence shows that bed sharing is associated with longer breastfeeding rates, and we know that breastfeeding is protective of SIDS. However, there is also an association between bed sharing and SIDS and many communities in the USA have public health campaigns against bed sharing.
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Recorded in October 2013. Approx 16 minutes.