Table 2 Breastfeeding initiation, duration and duration of exclusive breastfeeding up to three months post birth
10 – 12 days | Pre intervention (N = 741) | Post intervention (N = 725) | (95% CI)† | pvalue (adjusted) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Ever breast fed | 636 (86.1%) | 628 (87.4%) | 1.439 (1.000, 2.071) | 0.050 |
Still breastfeeding at 10 days | 526 (83%) | 550 (87.3%) | 1.514 (1.069, 2.144) | 0.020 |
Breastfeeding exclusively at 10 days‡ | 344 (65.8%) | 378 (70.3%) | 1.339 (1.016, 1.766) | 0.038 |
3 months | Pre intervention | Post intervention (N = 529) | ||
(N = 606) | ||||
Breastfed/given expressed breast milk after 10 days (up to 3 months) | 466 (76.9%) | 448 (84.7%) | 1.541 (1.085, 2.189) | 0.016 |
Still breastfeeding at 3 months | 328 (70.5%) | 319 (71.4%) | 1.029 (0.739, 1.433) | NS |
Exclusively breastfeeding at 3 months | 208 (64.2%) | 213 (66.8%) | 1.084 (0.742, 1.585) | NS |
When did you stop breastfeeding? | Kaplan-Meier mean 57.4 days | Kaplan-Meier mean 62.3 days | 0.830 (0.697, 0.989)ǂ | 0.037 |