Table 3 Breastfeeding and infant sleeping practices of women who continued to breastfeed after returning to work, compared with women who stopped breastfeeding before returning to work (n = 1487)
From: Combining breastfeeding and work: findings from the Epifane population-based birth cohort
| Â | ABF cessation before return to work | ABF continuation after return to work | p | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
n | Â | n | Â | Â | |
Exclusive BF at birth (%) | 993 | 75.2 | 494 | 93.7 | < 0.001 |
Median number of days | |||||
 Exclusive BF | 945 | 10 | 487 | 76 | < 0.001 |
 Any BF | 993 | 61 | 494 | 213 | < 0.001 |
Mean (SE) number of feeds | |||||
 At 1 month | 528 | 7.0 (0.1) | 473 | 8.2 (0.1) | < 0.001 |
 At 4 months | 152 | 4.6 (0.2) | 405 | 5.3 (0.2) | 0.005 |
  During the day | 145 | 3.9 (0.2) | 399 | 4.2 (0.1) | 0.20 |
  During the night | 145 | 0.7 (0.1) | 399 | 1.1 (0.1) | < 0.001 |
Baby’s sleeping place (%) | |||||
 At 1 month | 818 |  | 450 |  | < 0.001 |
  In his/her own room |  | 34.8 |  | 22.2 |  |
  In parents’ room* |  | 57.5 |  | 56.7 |  |
  In parents’ bed |  | 7.5 |  | 20.2 |  |
  Other |  | 0.3 |  | 0.9 |  |
 At 4 months | 823 |  | 440 |  | < 0.001 |
  In his/her own room |  | 63.9 |  | 50.9 |  |
  In parents’ room* |  | 30.0 |  | 37.2 |  |
  In parents’ bed |  | 1.1 |  | 6.6 |  |
  Other |  | 4.9 |  | 5.4 |  |