Table 4 Multiple regression analyses on the dependent variable of milk amount on day 4 after delivery (72–96 hours post partum) in the mothers and babies staying together during the first 2 hours after birth: Skin-to-skin group (Group I) and Mother's arms group (Group II)

b coefficient

std. error

p - value

b coefficient

std. error

p - value

Swaddling/clothes*

20.756

28.902

0.48

8.224

40.297

0.84

Skin-to-skin or not*

-36.466

31.898

0.26

19.181

41.582

0.65

Early suckling or not*

98.007

35.327

0.0097

123.641

43.332

0.0080

Nr of breastfeeds on day 3

20.591

7.636

0.0117

14.356

9.551

0.14

Marked engorgement on day 3*

70.749

29.377

0.0229

35.659

44.017

0.42

Feeling low/blue on day 3*

-79.356

38.339

0.0478

-71.234

85.626

0.41