Early Postpartum Patterns of Breastfeeding Exclusivity and Perceived Insufficient Milk by Prepregnancy Body Mass Index.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To explore trajectories of breastfeeding exclusivity and perceived insufficient milk (PIM) over the first 8 weeks postpartum among primiparous women and the association of these trajectories with prepregnancy body mass index (BMI).

Design

Secondary analysis of data from a randomized controlled trial.

Setting

Recruitment for the primary study was conducted in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

Participants

One hundred twenty-two primiparous women with intention to exclusively breastfeed.

Methods

We used group-based trajectory modeling to classify participants into breastfeeding exclusivity and PIM trajectory groups. We used logistic regression to explore the predictive relationship between prepregnancy BMI and breastfeeding exclusivity and PIM trajectory

SUBMITTER: Dieterich RR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8901544 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature