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Shift work and breastfeeding project

Researchers at Austin Health are looking for volunteers to participate in a study exploring the impact shift work has on breast milk composition. Participants will be compensated with a $100 gift voucher.

Seeking Participants

Participation criteria:

Mothers working shift work
Will be doing night shift in the next six to eight weeks
Can express/collect 10mls of breast milk, four times a day, roughly at the same time each day, for 5 days. Interested to find out more? Please contact Dr. Lauren Booker, if you are interested.

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Breastfeeding project

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