Today Isadora Ambrose joins me to share her incredible work and the information she has found regarding co-sleeping (and bedsharing) when you're plus size. We explore this topic in depth and look at the research surrounding safety and risk reduction.
You'll hear us discuss:
- What co-sleeping and bedsharing are (and aren't!)
- Ways to improve safety when co-sleeping or bedsharing
- The research looking at co-sleeping when you're plus size (note BMI mention and stigmatizing language is used when referencing studies)
- Our own personal journeys with co-sleeping
- The cultural differences seen with co-sleeping and bedsharing messages
Follow Isadora: @happycosleeper
Facebook: Happy Cosleeper
Website: happycosleeper.com
Research One:
Carroll-Pankhurst C and Mortimer EA
Jr. 2001, Sudden infant death syndrome, bedsharing, parental weight, and age at death, Pediatrics, vol. 107, no. 3, pp.
530-536
Research Two:
Chen at al 2009, Maternal Obesity and the Risk of Infant Death in the United States, Epidemiology (Cambridge, Mass.) vol. 20, no.1, pp. 74-81
Research Three:
Mitchell, E and Thompson, J 2006, Who cosleeps? Does high maternal body weight and duvet use increase the risk of sudden infant death syndrome when bed sharing?, Paediatrics & Child Health, vol. 11, suppl A, pp. 14A-15A
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