Support of others is a key factor for mothers who choose to breastfeed their infants, including those balance work outside the home and breastfeeding. However, little research has been done understand how maternal support during postpartum period impacts mothers' ability later breastfeeding, in particular full-time exclusive The results this qualitative study indicate that timing plays role suc...

OBJECTIVE To analyze the pattern of breastfeeding in mothers, identify causes of failure to breastfeed, initiate, and sustain breastfeeding practices at a University Hospital in Western Saudi Arabia. METHODS Prospective interviews with mothers of infants seen consecutively during routine well baby clinic visits were conducted in the year October 2001 through to September 2002 using structured...

BACKGROUND Breastfeeding is an important public health concern. High cumulative doses of epidural fentanyl administered for labor analgesia have been reported to be associated with early termination of breastfeeding. We tested the hypothesis that breastfeeding success is adversely influenced by the cumulative epidural fentanyl dose administered for labor analgesia. METHODS The study was a ran...

OBJECTIVE Return to work is associated with diminished breastfeeding intensity and duration. Although more mothers breastfeed after returning to work now than earlier, research has not documented the strategies that mothers use for combining paid work and breastfeeding or their effect on breastfeeding outcomes. This study examined which strategies are associated with smaller decrements in breas...

Public health recommendations promote prolonged breastfeeding of all children; however, parental investment (PI) theory predicts that breastfeeding will be allocated among a mothers' offspring to maximize her reproductive success. We evaluated PI in terms of risk for weaning before age two among 283 children in Kilimanjaro, Tanzania. Results demonstrate: (i) a Trivers-Willard effect--high socio...

background and aims: the world health organization and united nations children’s fund (unicef) recommended executive breastfeeding for 6 months after birth. the purpose of this study was to determine the prevalence of executive breastfeeding in iran by a meta-analysis study to be used by policy-makers in order to health programmer plan in this field. methods: in this meta-analysis study, the da...

BACKGROUND Despite a gradual increase in breastfeeding rates, overall in the UK there are wide variations, with a trend towards breastfeeding rates at 6-8 weeks remaining below 40% in less affluent areas. While financial incentives have been used with varying success to encourage positive health related behaviour change, there is little research on their use in encouraging breastfeeding. In thi...