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Table 4 The most common reasons# given by mothers for stopping breastfeeding

From: Evaluation of a peer counselling programme to sustain breastfeeding practice in Hong Kong

 

Peer counsellor group

Control group

Before the first follow-up (Day 5)

n = 13

n = 12

   Breastfeeding was tough and difficult work

9 (69%)

9 (75%)

   Maternal fatigue

9 (69%)

8 (67%)

   Attachment and feeding technique promblems

8 (62%)

4 (33%)

   Low milk supply

7 (54%)

7 (58%)

   Anxious/unsure about breastfeeding

6 (46%)

2 (17%)

From day 5 post discharge to month 3 follow-up

n = 50

n = 45

   Returned to work

26 (52%)

21 (47%)

   Maternal fatigue

22 (44%)

21 (47%)

   Low milk supply

19 (38%)

16 (36%)

   Breastfeeding was tough and difficult work

14 (28%)

12 (27%)

   Too much motivation was required

13 (26%)

14 (31%)

Between month 3 and month 6 follow-up

n = 11

n = 9

   Low milk supply

3 (27%)

5 (56%)

   Baby was old enough not to be breastfed

3 (27%)

1 (11%)

   Mother had already given a good start

3 (27%)

1 (11%)

   Baby bites nipples

2 (18%)

2 (22%)

   Maternal fatigue

2 (18%)

1 (11%)

  1. # Multiple reasons were given by some mothers.