Description
Inclusion Criteria:
- * Possess a refrigerator with a freezer or a standalone freezer for sample storage at home.
- * Ability to be contacted by telephone.
- * Having internet access at home.
- * Being in the immediate (0-14 days) postpartum period.
- * Currently breastfeeding or planning to breastfeed, regardless of the type.
Exclusion Criteria:
- * Newborns with congenital malformations.
- * Newborns with birth weights less than 2,500g or greater than 4,000g.
- * Gestational age less than 37 completed weeks or greater than 42 completed weeks.
- * Mothers hospitalized in an intensive care unit (ICU).
- * Newborns hospitalized in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) or special care nursery (SCN).
- * Mothers using sleep aids (e.g., Benadryl, Unisom, Melatonin, Valerian).
- * Mothers currently being treated for pharmacologically treated mood and sleep disorders.
- * Mothers with acute infections longer than 7 days postpartum. Mothers will be withdrawn from study if antibiotics are taken between 7 and 14 days postpartum.
Ages Eligible for Study:
18 Years to N/A (ADULT, OLDER_ADULT)
Sexes Eligible for Study: FEMALE
Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Yes