Variable | Category (n = 398) | Frequency | Percent (%) |
---|---|---|---|
Got ANC follow up | Yes | 361 | 90.7 |
No | 37 | 9.3 | |
Place of ANC (n = 361) | Hospital | 67 | 18.6 |
Health Centre | 220 | 60.9 | |
Private clinic | 74 | 20.5 | |
Number of ANC(n = 361) | < 3 times | 132 | 36.6 |
≥4times | 229 | 63.4 | |
ANC breastfeeding counseling (n = 361) | Yes | 276 | 76.5 |
No | 85 | 23.5 | |
Place of delivery | Health institutions | 344 | 86.4 |
Home | 54 | 13.6 | |
Mode of delivery | Normal/vaginal | 327 | 82.2 |
C/S | 71 | 17.8 | |
Early initiation of breast feeding | < 1 h | 259 | 65.1 |
> 1 h | 139 | 34.9 | |
Breast fed exclusively | Yes | 228 | 57.3 |
No | 170 | 42.7 | |
Colostrum avoidance | Yes | 35 | 8.8 |
No | 363 | 91.2 | |
Reasons to avoid colostrum | infant unable to feed | 34 | 8.5 |
Bad for infant | 140 | 35.2 | |
yellow and creamiest | 156 | 39.2 | |
Due tradition/culture | 68 | 17.1 | |
Pre-lacteal feeding practice | Yes | 63 | 15.8 |
No | 335 | 84.2 | |
Prelacteal foods given(n = 63) | Water | 20 | 31.8 |
Butter | 30 | 47.6 | |
Others a* | 13 | 20.6 | |
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Who influenced you to give other foods? | My Own Decision | 90 | 24.2 |
My Husband | 108 | 29.0 | |
My Mother | 76 | 20.4 | |
My Mother In Law | 58 | 15.6 | |
Others b* | 40 | 10.8 | |
Faced any breast feeding problem? | Yes | 264 | 66.3 |
No | 134 | 33.7 | |
Husband support in breast feeding(n = 397) | Yes | 355 | 89.4 |
No | 42 | 10.6 | |
Cultural support of breast feeding | Yes | 52 | 13.1 |
No | 346 | 86.9 |