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B Luke

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Infant feeding practices and socio-demographic factors in Ottawa-Carleton.

Parents of 320 infants 6-18 months of age were interviewed to determine infant feeding practices and socio-demographic factors contributing to parental choices. 76% of women breastfed initially. Social class was directly related to the incidence of breastfeeding. 50% of the women who started breastfeeding continued to do so at 6 months, a figure which is higher than that previously reported in Canada. Although social class was a major determinant in parents' choice of infant feeding, cultural factors were also very important. A higher proportion of mothers who spoke languages other than English or French in the home (including mainly Polish, Italian, Spanish, and East Indian) breastfed their infants than did mothers who spoke French, even though more of them were in the lowest socio-economic group. The reason for the relatively low incidence of breastfeeding by Francophone mothers is unclear.

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Maternal characteristics of women delivered of twins: natural vs. induced.

This study retrospectively compared sociodemographic and anthropometric data, as well as selected obstetric outcomes, of 13 mothers of twins who conceived after ovulation induction with clomiphene citrate or Pergonal with similar data from 255 mothers who conceived naturally. Infertile women were significantly (P < .011) older and likely to be married, of the white race, and more educated than women who conceived naturally. Treated women were also taller and heavier prior to conception (NS). Treated women gained significantly more weight (45.9 lb vs. 30.1 lb). They also had a higher proportion of gestations > 32 weeks (91.7% vs. 74.1%) and longer mean gestations (36.5 weeks vs. 35.4 weeks) compared to naturally conceiving mothers of twins, but neither of these differences was significant. The infants of treated mothers had birthweights 9.5% heavier than the infants of mothers who conceived naturally. These retrospective findings suggest that previously infertile women who conceive twins do not suffer worse reproductive outcome than women who conceive naturally.

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