EDUCATION: Tbilisi State Medical University with honours; Wellstart Int.,Lactation Management course, San-Diego, USA; Institute of Pediatrics, Moscow, Russia; Ph.D. course. Working experience: Chief Pediatrician of Georgia; President of NGO/UNICEF Regional Network for Children of CEE/CIS and the Baltic States elected for two terms. AWARDS: Georgian National Academy of Science Awards For Science Achievements In Medicine; SOUTHEAST European Medical Forum Awards for contribution to medical science development; Title of the Best doctor of Georgia; Certificate of Achievement for successful participation in a technical cooperation program -Agency for Development of the Government, Washington, USA. PUBLICATIONS: Author of more than 100 medical articles including manuals; 2 copyright patent certificate; Co-author of Georgian Law on “Protection and Promotion of Breastfeeding and Regulation of Artificial feeding;
Background: The effects of fetal emotional stress on lactation are not known.
Objective: To assess the association’s influence of maternal stress (mild and severe) during pregnancy on breastfeed and mother-child bonding.
Materials/methods: We conducted a prospective study of 15 women in which were observed the pregnant and delivery and took blood samples for analysis of stress hormone. Each day during the first 1 week postpartum, the mothers collected a milk sample.
Result: Multiple regressions indicated that several markers of fetal stress were associated with delayed breast fullness, lower milk volume. 2. The factors associated with lactogenesis were parity (P
Background: The effects of fetal emotional stress on lactation are not known.
Objective: To assess the association’s influence of maternal stress (mild and severe) during pregnancy on breastfeed and mother-child bonding.
Materials/methods: We conducted a prospective study of 15 women in which were observed the pregnant and delivery and took blood samples for analysis of stress hormone. Each day during the first 1 week postpartum, the mothers collected a milk sample.
Result: Multiple regressions indicated that several markers of fetal stress were associated with delayed breast fullness, lower milk volume. 2. The factors associated with lactogenesis were parity (P
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