A priori choice of neuraxial labour analgesia and breastfeeding initiation success: a community-based cohort study in an Italian baby-friendly hospital.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To investigate whether the nature of the decision about receiving neuraxial labour analgesia is associated with breastfeeding initiation success (BIS), defined as exclusive breastfeeding until discharge associated with postnatal weight loss <7% at 60 hours from birth.

Design

Single-centre community-based cohort study.

Setting

An Italian baby-friendly hospital, from 1 July 2011 to 22 September 2015.

Participants

Inclusion criteria: women vaginally delivering singleton cephalic newborns and willing to breastfeed.

Exclusion criteria

women who delivered in uterus-dead fetuses, were single or requested but did not receive neuraxial analgesia. Overall, 775 out of the 3628 enrolled women received neuraxial analgesia.

Results

Compared with women

SUBMITTER: Wetzl RG 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6429869 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature