Breastfeeding app shows promise in supporting first-time mothers

Science Daily - A pilot study found that use of a mobile phone app that provided supportive texts and an online community significantly increased the rate of breastfeeding among new mothers. An abstract of the study, 'Mother's Milk Messaging (MMM): A Pilot Study of an App to Support Breastfeeding in First Time Mothers,' will be presented at the Pediatric Academic Societies 2016 Meeting in Baltimore on May 1, 2016.