Why Can’t We Find Better Data?

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Why can’t we fund better studies? I love following your content, and Expecting Better was extremely helpful during my pregnancies (one miscarriage, one baby). Now that I’m a new mom, it’s frustrating that things like breast milk storage haven’t truly been studied properly, and it seems like there’s a huge community of women who would want to both participate in and crowdfund studies to give us better information. Is there a way we can connect those in the research fields with a platform to allow us to fund the research and get the information that so many women need?
—Sandy

I ask myself this question 12 times a day. Especially as it applies to breast milk, which you know I’ve written and complained about.

It seems ridiculous that there is not more research money for this. Sometimes, though, you have to do it yourself.

When I wrote that breastfeeding piece, a research team from Germany reached out to say they were trying to do it but were running up against funding issues. So they worked with their university to set up a GoFundMe. Check it out, and if you’re so inclined, help. One step at a time…