Table 2 Infant characteristics and their associations with parenting sense of competence at 3 months postpartum

Type of delivery

 Normal vaginal delivery

412

55.45

70.23

12.62

 Cesarean section

331

44.55

70.12

11.97

Gender of infant

 Male

370

49.80

70.48

12.36

 Female

373

50.20

69.88

12.30

Gestational weeks of infant

  <  37

31

4.17

70.04

12.34

 37–42

712

95.83

73.32

11.82

Infants health status at 1 month postpartum

 Good

692

93.14

70.62

12.29

 Not good

51

6.86

64.25

11.35

Feeding patterns at 1 month postpartum

 Breastfeeding

380

51.14

71.08

12.58

 Mixed or formula feeding

363

48.86

69.25

12.01