This study explores the unfavorable attitude of postpartum women towards exclusive breastfeeding within one to two months post delivery. In this cross-sectional study, we administered a structural questionnaire by telephone to collect data from 150 women. Sixty percent breast fed their children exclusively the first month, while the remaining forty percent did not. Of those who chose to not breast feed or to stop breast feeding their children, 78.3% cited insufficient breast milk, 60.0% inconvenience, and 58.3% undernourishment of milk as reasons not to breast feed. Almost forty-one percent (40.7%) were breast feeding their children the second month. Of those who were not, around fifty-five percent (55.1%) cited quality of life, 43.8% inconvenience, 41.7% job restrictions as reason to not breast feed. In conclusion, one of the major factors influencing postpartum women's inclination to breast feed was whether the child was delivered by caesarean section or naturally (OR 4.44, p<0.01, 95% CI of 2.20-8.97).
This study explores the unfavorable attitude of postpartum women towards exclusive breastfeeding within one to two months post delivery. In this cross-sectional study, we administered a structural questionnaire by telephone to collect data from 150 women. Sixty percent breast fed their children exclusively the first month, while the remaining forty percent did not. Of those who chose to not breast feed or to stop breast feeding their children, 78.3% cited insufficient breast milk, 60.0% inconvenience, and 58.3% undernourishment of milk as reasons not to breast feed. Almost forty-one percent (40.7%) were breast feeding their children the second month. Of those who were not, around fifty-five percent (55.1%) cited quality of life, 43.8% inconvenience, 41.7% job restrictions as reason to not breast feed. In conclusion, one of the major factors influencing postpartum women's inclination to breast feed was whether the child was delivered by caesarean section or naturally (OR 4.44, p<0.01, 95% CI of 2.20-8.97).