Postpartum Mood and Breastfeeding Survey Participants Needed Please!

[willubraptured2]

@ssandy How cool! I've always been interested at the overlap (and completely no overlap sometimes) between sociology and psychology. I'd love to hear more about your research and will totes update you on mine too!

(And thanks for taking the survey )

 

[slick77]

@willubraptured2 I’m nursing a toddler (20 months). Do you want toddler moms filling this out or just moms of infants?

 

[willubraptured2]

@slick77 You can totally take it! I have a question on age so I can measure that as a variable.

Side note - I nursed my son until after his second birthday, and those last few months were the most amazing bonding moments that I still miss. It's so awesome that you're able to keep it going with your toddler!!

 

[slick77]

@willubraptured2 Thank you, I’ll take the survey then. I love nursing this crazy toddler, it’s the best

 

[willubraptured2]

@slick77 My son is 4 now, and we've been done nursing for almost 2 years and he still sometimes reaches into my shirt in his sleep or when he feels bad. We're creating crazy amazing attachments with our babies.

 

[kaleighats]

@willubraptured2 My daughter weaned last august and still wants the boob

 

[princessbychrist]

@willubraptured2 I am also nursing an older baby who eats solids. The question about whether we need to supplement doesn’t have an option for EBF + solids, so I just picked EBF because we never needed to supplement with formula.

Also, some advice - some of your questions have affirmative as the top option and some as the bottom, so you’re going to get incorrect data. Also, the wording is very confusing regarding seeking support - is it asking if I have ANYONE in my life who I go to or just my husband? The question is phrased like anyone but the responses all say romantic partner. It’s going to be very hard for you to interpret these results as some responders will restrict their answers to their feelings regarding a single romantic partner, but others will respond with regards to their entire support system.

 

[willubraptured2]

@princessbychrist Thank you so much for that feedback. I literally had almost identical concerns when putting my study together. I have a statistics program that I've programmed to convert/reverse those stats. The tricky thing about using published surveys/questions is that you can't edit or change the wording unless you get permission from their developers (which is insanely hard to do). It's also going to be one of the limitations of my survey.

Thanks for doing my survey, and it's really nice to hear that more than just me had these concerns. That means I'm hopefully adding to the research base that improves ways to give these surveys and attain ACTUAL REALISTIC data.

 

[katrina2017]

@willubraptured2 Just took the survey. Best of luck!

 

[willubraptured2]

@katrina2017 You're awesome!! Thanks so much for taking it

 

[tfmartin]

@willubraptured2 Can I answer the survey if I mix feed? Breastmilk and formula?

 

[tommyboi]

@willubraptured2 Done!

 

[willubraptured2]

@tommyboi Thank you!!

 

[jhoney]

@willubraptured2 I exclusively pump and bottle feed, does this count for your study?

 

[willubraptured2]

@jhoney Absolutely you do! Method doesn't matter as much as breastmilk vs formula. I'm which case there are options for exclusively using breastmilk and supplementing with formula.

 

[jhoney]

@willubraptured2 Great thanks!

 

[theodor98]

@jhoney

Great thanks!

You're welcome!

 

[azel]

@willubraptured2 Complete - good luck in your studies!

 

[willubraptured2]

@azel So thankful for your participation

 

[lindalee1456]

@willubraptured2 I know it takes a while for these things to come to fruition, but I hope you update here when your research is complete!