Infant bed-sharing tied to longer breastfeeding

By Genevra Pittman NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Sharing the bed with baby may make it easier for mothers to breastfeed for the full time that health experts recommend, suggests a new study. But it could also raise the baby’s risk of sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS), researchers caution. “My bottom line,” said study author Dr. Fern Hauck from the University of Virginia School of Medicine in Charlottesville, “is that yes, we now see with more evidence that breastfeeding is supported by bed-sharing, however we don’t recommend it, because the risk of SIDS and sudden death is still there. …