Changes in breastfeeding initiation at hospital discharge between first and second births in Nova Scotia: a population-based cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Breastfeeding has well-recognized health benefits for infants and mothers. However, little research has been conducted to investigate changes in breastfeeding from one pregnancy to another. This study was conducted to describe rates of breastfeeding initiation at hospital discharge for women's first and second births and to identify factors associated with changes in initiation at the second birth.

Methods

We conducted a longitudinal, population-based cohort study involving women residing in Nova Scotia who delivered a first and second live-born singleton between 2007 and 2013. Separate analyses were conducted among women who breastfed their first infant and among women who did not breastfeed their first infant.

Results

Of the 9643 (82.6%) mothers who initi

SUBMITTER: Nix K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5378534 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Jan-Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature