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Prenatal breastfeeding intentions in a group of women with high risk pregnancies
Hildamary Diaz Rozett1, Lourdes Garcia Fragoso
1Department of Pediatrics, UPR School of Medicine, San Juan, PR 00936-5067.
Unlabelled:
The American Academy of Pediatrics recommends exclusive breastfeeding for the first 6 months of life. In spite of a limited number of contraindications, there are mothers who decide not to breastfeed their infants.
Objective:
To determine intention to breastfeed in women with high-risk pregnancies.
Methods:
Pregnant women who attended the Obstetrics high-risk clinics at the University District Hospital answered a survey.
Results:
Participants included 186 women. Mean maternal age was 27 years (15-47) and mean gestational age 27 weeks (9-41). Ninety-four percent intended to breastfeed. The most common reason for not planning to was the use of medications. Breastfeeding intentions were associated to higher education (p < 0.01) and to confidence in their babies being able to be breastfed (p < 0.01).
Conclusions:
Women with high risk pregnancies showed high interest in breastfeeding their babies but there are misconceptions that need to be addressed so that more high risk babies can benefit from breastfeeding.
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